As seen on EPIC.org: EPIC, along with several other national and West Virginia-based groups, sent a letter to a West Virginia House committee opposing a weak privacy bill that would do little to meaningfully protect residents. The bill, H.B. 2987, which was heard by the House Committee on Energy and Public Works this week, has many significant issues…
Judge orders Musk and DOGE to delete personal data taken from Social Security
Jon Brodkin reports: A federal judge yesterday issued a temporary restraining order blocking DOGE’s access to Social Security Administration records, saying the DOGE agency created by President Donald Trump “is essentially engaged in a fishing expedition at SSA, in search of a fraud epidemic, based on little more than suspicion.” Plaintiffs are likely to win…
Amazon loses appeal against €746m Luxembourg data protection fine
Melanie Ptok reports: A Luxembourg court has ordered Amazon to pay a €746 million fine imposed for data protection breaches by the national data watchdog, throwing out an appeal brought by the online retail giant. The administrative court dismissed the appeal against the penalty in a hearing on Tuesday, still the second-largest ever imposed since…
CPPA Advances Proposed Regulations for Data Broker Deletion Mechanism
Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On March 7, 2025, the California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA”) voted to authorize the agency to advance proposed data broker regulations concerning the Delete Request and Opt-Out Platform (“DROP”) to formal rulemaking. The CPPA’s proposed DROP regulations are part of the agency’s efforts to implement California’s Delete Act. The Delete Act requires the CPPA to establish…