Tom McBrien
@tommcbrien.bsky.social
Online privacy, speech, and consumer-rights-focused attorney @EPICprivacy
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States have been leading the way on privacy legislation, but as our recent report points out, many of those state laws lack meaingful privacy protections. We urge any state lawmakers to look to the State Data Privacy Act we released with @consumerreports.org
epic.org/state-data-p...
epic.org/state-data-p...
The State Data Privacy Act
<p>In our State Data Privacy Act, we set forth a compromise bill built on existing state laws that meaningfully protects privacy while encouraging innovation.</p>
epic.org
April 18, 2025 at 2:13 PM
States have been leading the way on privacy legislation, but as our recent report points out, many of those state laws lack meaingful privacy protections. We urge any state lawmakers to look to the State Data Privacy Act we released with @consumerreports.org
epic.org/state-data-p...
epic.org/state-data-p...
Reposted by Tom McBrien
The leaders of the House Energy & Commerce Committee wrote to #23andme saying that since there is no federal comprehensive data privacy law, they have "great concern" about the safety of Americans' most sensitive personal info. Not at all frustrating.
energycommerce.house.gov/posts/chairm...
energycommerce.house.gov/posts/chairm...
Chairmen Guthrie, Bilirakis, and Palmer Launch Investigation into 23andMe and its Handling of Americans’ Sensitive Medical and Genetic Information
The Committee on Energy and Commerce is the oldest standing legislative committee in the U.S. House of Representatives and is vested with the broadest jurisdiction of any congressional authorizing com...
energycommerce.house.gov
April 18, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The leaders of the House Energy & Commerce Committee wrote to #23andme saying that since there is no federal comprehensive data privacy law, they have "great concern" about the safety of Americans' most sensitive personal info. Not at all frustrating.
energycommerce.house.gov/posts/chairm...
energycommerce.house.gov/posts/chairm...
Reposted by Tom McBrien
🚨 EPIC and Enforce (@iccl.bsky.social) urged the FTC to investigate Google’s Real-Time Bidding (RTB) data in the first ever complaint under PADFAA, the new national security data law. 🧵
Read the complaint here: epic.org/wp-content/u...
Read the complaint here: epic.org/wp-content/u...
January 16, 2025 at 6:25 PM
🚨 EPIC and Enforce (@iccl.bsky.social) urged the FTC to investigate Google’s Real-Time Bidding (RTB) data in the first ever complaint under PADFAA, the new national security data law. 🧵
Read the complaint here: epic.org/wp-content/u...
Read the complaint here: epic.org/wp-content/u...
Reposted by Tom McBrien
California's regulation of addictive feeds will go into effect tomorrow, thanks to Judge Davila's decision denying in part NetChoice's request to enjoin SB 976. The restrictions on notifications & the compelled disclosure provisions were put on hold. More at link & below. epic.org/judge-allows...
Judge Allows California Regulation of Addictive Feeds to Go Into Effect
epic.org
January 1, 2025 at 1:42 AM
California's regulation of addictive feeds will go into effect tomorrow, thanks to Judge Davila's decision denying in part NetChoice's request to enjoin SB 976. The restrictions on notifications & the compelled disclosure provisions were put on hold. More at link & below. epic.org/judge-allows...