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EPIC Petitions Government to Suspend Drone Surveillance Program

EPIC, joined by thirty organizations and more than a thousand individuals, has petitioned the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection to suspend the domestic drone surveillance program, pending the establishment of concrete privacy regulations. The petition states that "the use...

EPIC FOIA - New Details About Automated License Plate Readers Obtained

In response to an EPIC Freedom of Information Act request, Customs and Border Protection has disclosed nearly 1,000 pages of documents on automated license plate readers and border body scanners. The documents include contracts with several companies, such as Rapiscan...

Arizona 1070 (2010) and Privacy

Background | EPIC's Interest | Local and State Immigration Enforcement | Federal Response | News Reports | Background Beginning in the 19th Century the U.S. government began record-keeping on Chinese immigrants. Chinese laborers were required to register and obtain...

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