Entries tagged with: surveillance
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Coalition of Organizations Call for Greater Accountability for E-Verify
Numerous organizations across the political spectrum have urged Congress to reduce the error rate for the employment verification system "E-Verify". A bill now pending in Congress will mandate employer verification of an all employees’ eligibility to work in the United...
EPIC Appeals Denial in Surveillance Export FOIA Request; Files Follow-Up Request
EPIC has appealed a denial of a Freedom of Information Act request that sought records concerning the sale of surveillance technology by U.S. companies to repressive regimes like Syria and Yemen. "The failure to adequately justify the claim that no...
EPIC v. FBI - Stingray / Cell Site Simulator
Top News | Background | Legal Documents| Freedom of Information Act Documents | Released Documents | News Items Top News : () Background A StingRay is a device that can triangulate the source of a cellular signal by acting...
Ben Joffe v. Google
Concerning Google's Civil Liability Under The Wiretap Act For Interception of Wi-Fi Payload Data Latest News | Background | EPIC's Interest in Ben Joffe v. Google | Legal Documents | Resources | News Reports Top News : () Background In...
Domestic Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and Drones
Top News | Background | Technical Capability | Privacy Issues | EPIC's Interest | Additional Resources | Latest News Top News : () Background A "drone," or "unmanned aircraft," is an aerial vehicle designed to be used without a...
Documents Obtained by EPIC Reveal Government's "Minority Report" Scanning Program
Through a Freedom of Information Act request, EPIC has obtained documents from the Department of Homeland Security about a secretive "pre-crime" detection program. The "Future Attribute Screening Technology" (FAST) Program gathers "physiological measurements" from subjects, including heart rate, breathing patterns,...
EPIC-led Coalition Calls For Suspension of Secret Government Watchlist
EPIC and a coalition of privacy, consumer rights, and civil rights organizations filed a statement to the Department of Homeland Security. The group opposed proposed changes to the Watchlist Service, a secretive government database filled with sensitive information. The agency...
2010 FISA Orders Up 19%, No Surveillance Request Turned Down
The Department of Justice has released the 2010 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) report. In 2010, the Justice Department submitted 1,579 FISA search applications to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, a 19% increase over 2009. The court did not deny...
White House Budget Funds Surveillance, Ignores Public Concerns
The White House Office of Management and Budget has released the federal budget for fiscal year 2012. The stated goal of the budget is to reduce the national deficit by eliminating wasteful programs. However, the budget proposal includes funding for...
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...
Busted Biometric Traveler ID May Return to US Airports
"Clear," the flawed airport security program that gathered biometric data on hundreds of thousands of travelers before the company went bankrupt, may return with a new operator. The assets of Verified Identity Pass -- including the fingerprints and iris patterns...
Applications for Court Approved Wiretaps Reach All-Time High in 2009
According to the newly released 2009 Wiretap report, federal and state courts issued 2,376 orders for the interception of wire, oral or electronic communications in 2009, up from 1,891 in 2008, an increase of more than 25%. U.S. Courts Press...
Department of Homeland Security Chief Privacy Office and Privacy
Background | Chief Privacy Officers | Statutory Authority | Related Resources | Problems with the Chief Privacy Office | News Reports Latest News : () EPIC joined the Privacy Coalition letter sent to the House Committee on Homeland Security...
TSA Expands Passenger Electronic Strip Search Program
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has plans to greatly expand its use of whole body imaging machines at airports around the country. The x-ray machines, which each cost over $100,000, capture detailed, graphic images of passengers' naked bodies. In June,...
European Privacy Seal Awarded to Online Ad Service and Video Anonymizer
The European Privacy Seal (EuroPriSe) has been awarded to two privacy services, following a review by privacy experts and an independent body. The first EuroPriSe was awarded to German company nugg.ad's Predictive Targeting Networking service, an online advertising service that...
Homeland Security Privacy Office Okays Suspicionless Seizure of Personal Information Stored on Digital Devices of US Citizens
The Department of Homeland Security released a Privacy Impact Assessment for searching electronic devices possessed by travelers, including US citizens, at US borders. The agency determined that laptops and cell phones are equivalent to briefcases and backpacks and granted itself...
Inspector Generals Release Report on President's Surveillance Program
The Inspector Generals of the Intelligence Community released a report on the President's Surveillance Program. The report summarizes the unclassified collective results of the reviews. The Program involved the massive, warrantless surveillance of Americans in the United States. The IG...
DHS Seeks Nominations to the Agency's Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee
The Department of Homeland Security is seeking applications for appointments to the agency's Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee. The committee provides advice at the request of the Secretary of DHS and the agency's Chief Privacy Officer on privacy related...
Senate to Investigate NSA "Overcollection"
Senator Dianne Feinstein has announced that the Senate Intelligence Committee will hold a hearing on the National Security Agency's interception of phone calls and private e-mail messages of Americans. Recently, the New York Times reported that the NSA's activities went...
Justice Department Releases Domestic Surveillance Memos and Opinions
Attorney General Eric Holder announced that the Department of Justice will make public memos and opinions concerning warrantless surveillance, and other controversial claims of Presidential authority, that were prepared in the wake of 9/11. The documents describe the legal basis...
