<![CDATA[January 28, 2019 is Data Privacy Day. It marks the thirty-eighth anniversary since Convention 108, the “first legally binding international treaty dealing with data and privacy protection,” was signed. Convention 108 was designed to protect consumers from tech platforms abuses related to collecting and processing personal information, especially "sensitive" data such as race, political affiliation, disability, religion, sexual orientation, and criminal records. Years later, we still have not managed to fix the privacy problem.]]>
<![CDATA[NHMC Policy Counsel, Daiquiri Ryan spoke at the League of United Latin American Citizens’ (LULAC) Latinx Tech Summit on December 1, 2018. This year’s Summit was the first year that LULAC hosted its signature tech event in Austin, Texas. She presented an overview on what NHMC considers the biggest tech policy issues facing the Latino community today: the Latino digital divide, net neutrality, and privacy.]]>
<![CDATA[Today, NHMC joined 33 civil rights, consumer, and privacy organizations in releasing public interest principles for privacy legislation, because the public needs and deserves strong and comprehensive federal legislation to protect their privacy and afford meaningful redress.]]>
<![CDATA[The National Hispanic Media Coalition among other civil rights organizations, filed joint comments with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration on ways to protect and advance consumer privacy. The groups submitted comments on behalf of the millions of Americans and communities of color who continue to find themselves adversely impacted or completely left out of the benefits and advantages that so many have enjoyed in the digital revolution.]]>
<![CDATA[On August 20, 2018, NHMC, along with 18MillionRising.org, Color of Change, and others, submitted public comments to the Federal Trade Commision (FTC) ahead of the public hearings on competition and consumer protection in the 21st century.]]>
<![CDATA[On June 28, 2018 Carmen Scurato, vice president of policy and general counsel at the National Hispanic Media Coalition (NHMC) testified at the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Public Hearing, “Internet Communication Disclaimers and Definition of ‘Public Communication."]]>
