Publications

EPIC’s Model Age-Appropriate Design Code

February 5, 2026
- AI Policy
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Consumer Privacy
- Online Advertising & Tracking
- Platform Accountability & Governance
- Platform Governance Laws & Regulations
- Social Media Privacy
- Publications
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
2024 Annual Report

December 23, 2025
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Consumer Privacy
- Cybersecurity
- Data Protection
- Democracy & Free Speech
- Open Government
- Platform Accountability & Governance
- Privacy Laws
- Surveillance Oversight
- Publications
People-First Chatbot Bill

December 10, 2025

EPIC teamed up with Consumer Federation of America and Fairplay to develop the People-First Chatbot Bill aimed at making chatbots safer for all users.
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Chatbots
- Privacy Laws
- U.S. State Privacy Laws
- Publications
The Fight to Protect Our Phones: A Multi-Prong Approach to Spyware Reform

November 13, 2025

The Fight for Our Phones shines a light on the threats posed by the remote deployment of spyware by government actors, without user knowledge, to facilitate complete access to and control of an infected device and outlines solutions to the spyware problem.
- Cybersecurity
- Encryption
- Surveillance Oversight
- Wiretapping
- Publications
Closing the Data Mines: Repairing Oversight, Preserving Rights

November 6, 2025
- Intelligence Surveillance
- Surveillance Oversight
- Publications
Closing the Data Mines: Repairing Oversight, Preserving Rights

November 6, 2025
- Intelligence Surveillance
- Surveillance Oversight
- Publications
Letter Calling for FTC Oversight and Suspension of Meta’s AI Chatbot Advertising Practice

October 30, 2025
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Chatbots
- Commercial AI Use
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Minimization
- Publications
State Attorneys General & Privacy: Enforcement Trends, 2020-2024

October 22, 2025
- Consumer Privacy
- Cybersecurity
- Data Protection
- Data Security
- Platform Accountability & Governance
- Platform Governance Laws & Regulations
- Privacy Laws
- Robocalls
- Social Media Privacy
- U.S. State Privacy Laws
- Publications
Unbridled and Underregulated: Removing FCRA and GLBA Exemptions from Privacy Laws to Hold Data Brokers Accountable

July 29, 2025
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Brokers
- Privacy Laws
- U.S. Privacy Laws
- U.S. State Privacy Laws
- Publications