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Electronic Privacy Information Center

EPIC is a Washington, D.C. nonprofit focused on privacy, data protection, and digital civil liberties, advocating via research, litigation, and policy work.

Known aliases

  • epic.org

Current stories

securityConfirmed2 publishers

Epic pauses most development for about six weeks over MyChart flaws an AI model found

Epic has stopped most product development for roughly six weeks while it fixes MyChart flaws that an AI model uncovered, according to TechCrunch. No list of affected portal setups is public yet, so hospitals cannot check theirs against one.

Perspective Coverage

3 publishers
Builder
Builder 30%
Operator
Operator 57%
Investor
Investor 13%

Reality

Evidence55
Adoption25
Hype gap+15
Incentives40
Confidence60
securityOne report1 publisher

White House drug program pools city Flock and Axon plate reads on federal servers

White House drug program HIDTA, with 33 regional programs covering every state, pulls local Flock and Axon plate data onto federal servers, 404 Media reports. The outlet calls it an end-around to the limits cities are now placing on how Flock data is used.

Publishers:404media.co

Reality

Evidence55
Adoption35
Hype gap+20
Incentives45
Confidence55
investOne report1 publisher

Google's $10M for Spirit's inbox and code gives bankrupt firms' data a market price

Micro1's late $12.5 million counter says the auction underpriced it. Either way, a liquidated airline's Teams archive now has a comparable, and every trustee's advisor has the number.

Publishers:pivotnews.ai

Reality

Evidence60
Adoption44
Hype gap+16
Incentives72
Confidence56
productOne report1 publisher

The Section 230 question that decides whether infinite scroll is a product defect

Forty-two attorneys general sued Meta over compulsive-use design. An appeal now asks whether Section 230 covers feature choices or only content, and the answer sets the liability surface.

Publishers:epic.org

Reality

Evidence38
Adoption55
Hype gap+24
Incentives82
Confidence44