Elizabeth Hicks

Elizabeth Hayes

U.S. Affairs Analyst

Elizabeth is the U.S. Affairs Analyst for the Consumer Choice Center.

She joined the CCC in 2021 with a background in grassroots organizing, community development, and external relations. Her work has been featured in The Hill, Des Moines Register, Detroit News, DC Journal, among other outlets.

Elizabeth graduated with a BA in Political Science from the University of Iowa. She spent a number of years working in Washington, D.C. and has since moved back to the Midwest.

VIDEO & SPEAKING

LCBO strike shows why Ontario provincial liquor monopoly can no longer be sustained | David on CBCNN

Retail workers at the LCBO, Ontario's crown corporation with certain monopoly rights over the sale o ...

f spirits and some wines, are striking for better benefits and pay. In order to benefit consumers, the time is ripe to open up discussion on whether the LCBO's monopoly makes sense in the first place, and what the first steps should be to modernize the sale of certain alcoholic drinks in Ontario. Consumer Choice Center North American Affairs Manager David Clement is interviewed on the program Canada Tonight with his thoughts. July 9, 2024

Consumer Choice Center

1 week ago

4 Reforms To Restore American Privacy

James Czerniawski offers a roadmap to Congress, the House Judiciary Committee, for restoring and str ...

engthening Americans' right to privacy. Delivered before Congress on December 11, 2025.

Consumer Choice Center

1 week ago

FISA: James Czerniawski testifies before House Judiciary Committee

Privacy experts and US lawmakers from both parties met on December 11, 2025, to discuss intelligence ...

agency invasions of US citizens' privacy and how to reform consumer privacy. James Czerniawski testified before the House Judiciary Committee that FISA needs major reform, including: Closing the backdoor search loophole, Closing the data-broker loophole, Strengthening third-party oversight at the FISA court, and Fixing the overly broad ECSP definition.

Consumer Choice Center

1 week ago

The perils of Australia's under-16 social media ban | Yaël Ossowski on Forum Daily News

Australia's under-16 social media ban is now live. On@ForumDailyNews, Consumer Choice Center Deputy ...

Director Yaël Ossowski drilled through implications of social media bans and age-gating, why such schemes are unworkable and detrimental to privacy and security online, and why they're likely coming soon to other countries. December 10, 2025 https://consumerchoicecenter.org #socialmediaban #agegating #australia

Consumer Choice Center

1 week ago

"Pound sand": The EU Fines Musk and X €120 million

James Czerniawski of the Consumer Choice Center has a message for Brussels after their €120 millio ...

n fine on X/Twitter and Elon Musk, "pound sand." Europe's hostile posture toward American tech companies has become a problem for innovation and free speech worldwide.

Consumer Choice Center

2 weeks ago