Digital Library

Strong Age-Appropriate Design Code Bill Introduced in Wisconsin

January 23, 2026

Wisconsin legislators introduced an Age-Appropriate Design Code today, adding to the momentum in state legislatures across the country to address the privacy and safety harms kids face online.

• Age Assurance

• Children's Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Protection

• Platform Accountability & Governance

• Platform Governance Laws & Regulations

• Social Media Privacy

• Updates

SCOTUS to Hear Challenges to FCC’s Enforcement Authority

January 23, 2026

• Data Protection

• Enforcement of Privacy Laws

• Location Tracking

• Updates

Divided Ninth Circuit Panel Invents “Choose to Listen” Exemption for Multimedia Messaging Services (MMS) Spam

January 23, 2026

• Consumer Privacy

• Robocalls

• Updates

EPIC Urges FCC to Safeguard Viewer Privacy in NextGen TV Tech

January 23, 2026

The coalition comment also addressed issues including content locking via Digital Rights Management (DRM), emergency alerts, equipment to ensure continued service to rural and tribal consumers, and potential anti-competitive effects.

• Communications Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Brokers

• Online Advertising & Tracking

• Updates

Coalition Files Updated Complaint Challenging Illegal Overhaul of SAVE System, Misuse of Data to Boot Citizens from Voter Rolls

January 22, 2026

A coalition of plaintiffs including EPIC filed an amended complaint Wednesday in their case challenging the illegal consolidation and misuse of citizenship data by the Department of Homeland Security and Social Security Administration. The new complaint details how the agencies’ actions violate the Privacy Act and the U.S. Constitution and endanger citizens’ fundamental right to vote. In particular, the complaint explains how individuals were purged from state voter rolls or threatened with removal because of unlawful changes to the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) system.

• Data Protection

• Defeating the DOGE

• Democracy & Free Speech

• Government Databases

• Government Records & Privacy

• Privacy Laws

• Surveillance Oversight

• U.S. Privacy Laws

• Voter Privacy

• Updates

Dear Chatbots: Don’t Fuel Data Broker-Driven Doxxing

January 22, 2026

January is always the month of resolutions, and in that vein, perhaps it’s time for chatbot companies to make a new resolution of their own. In December, the technology blog Futurism published an article stating that Grok AI was enabling users to accurately doxx specific people.

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Commercial AI Use

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Brokers

• Analysis

PRESS RELEASE: Broad, Diverse Coalition Backs New People-First Model Chatbot Bill

January 22, 2026

Washington, D.C. — The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) and Fairplay released the People-First Model Chatbot Bill

• AI Policy

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Children's Privacy

• Platform Accountability & Governance

• Platform Governance Laws & Regulations

• Updates

Beyond HIPAA: Reimagining How Privacy Laws Apply to Health Data to Maximize Equity in the Digital Age

January 21, 2026

We face a health data privacy crisis. Unregulated digital technologies, mass surveillance, and weak privacy laws have created a health privacy crisis in which our health data is collected and used to profile us, manipulate our behavior, and charge us more for care. This crisis pushes people away from care, worsening our health and creating inequities. But a better, safer, and more privacy-protective future is possible.

• AI Policy

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Data Protection

• Health and Reproductive Privacy

• Publications

WIRED: Surveillance and ICE Are Driving Patients Away From Medical Care, Report Warns 

January 21, 2026

• Children's Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Minimization

• Data Protection

• Enforcement of Privacy Laws

• Health and Reproductive Privacy

• U.S. Privacy Laws

• News

Beyond HIPAA: Reimagining How Privacy Laws Apply to Health Data to Maximize Equity in the Digital Age

January 21, 2026

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Minimization

• Data Protection

• Health and Reproductive Privacy