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What the press and leaders in the cyberspace community say
about EPIC:
"If the future of Internet freedom requires some explanation, attorneys [David] Sobel and Marc Rotenberg are among the best-qualified to do it. They founded EPIC, an organization that arose from a small number of farsighted, computer-jock lawyers to become leading defenders of civil liberties on the Web."
– American Bar Association Journal
"The quickest and easiest way to jump right into the heart of the privacy issue is to visit the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) Web site at http://epic.org/. It contains a wealth of information and links to other information on privacy."
– American Lawyer
"One of EPIC's biggest FOIA victories was won in August 1995 when it obtained hundreds of documents that amounted to a political bombshell. The documents revealed that the FBI, the National Security Agency, and the Department of Justice had concluded in 1992 that the government would have to make mandatory a system that would give law enforcement officials the ability to tap into any electronic data that had been encrypted, or electronically encoded for privacy."
– American Lawyer Technology Magazine
"A survey released [by EPIC] on the eve of important government hearings on Web privacy suggests users are extremely vulnerable to cyberspace spying and other personal intrusions by Internet businesses. The results could help frame one of the most fundamental debates in the evolution of the Internet as a commercial marketplace: Whether the industry can police itself or the government must step in to protect millions of personal computer users."
– Associated Press
"Anyone concerned about the civil rights implications of the Clipper chip, the Digital Telephony proposal, national ID cards, medical record privacy, credit records and the sale of consumer data will find this Washington public interest research center invaluable."
– The Atlanta Journal and Constitution
"The EPIC approach offers the choice of fighting for our rights, instead of fatalistically trying to make a bad thing less worse."
– Boardwatch Magazine
"A treasure trove of resources for consumers."
– Business Week
"EPIC is a public interest research center based in Washington. It offers a great collection of online resources about privacy and also provides information on how you can act politically to motivate your government representatives to protect your privacy."
– Christian Science Monitor
"EPIC maintains an extensive list of privacy resources, including organizations, publications, conferences, and newsgroups, as well as a privacy archive of online documents and articles."
– C|Net
"For the latest about proposals concerning medical records privacy, national identification cards and the infamous Clipper chip, check out the Electronic Privacy Information Center. A link at the site called 'Former Secrets' connects users to scanned images of previously classified government documents. "
– Computerworld
"The Washington research group specializes in studying free speech on the information superhighway."
– Dallas Morning Herald
"Stay in touch with EPIC. It has been active in trying to get the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the misuse of personal information in the direct-marketing industry, especially as it pertains to electronic privacy."
– The Des Moines Register
"EPIC's Web site offers privacy news and a useful library of source materials."
– DM News
"The Electronic Privacy Information Center (www.epic.org/crypto) has background material. The Internet Privacy Coalition (www.privacy.org/ipc) gives details of its Golden Key campaign. Crypto.com (www.crypto.com) also has a search facility which allows US residents to find out their member of Congress's stance on this issue."
– Financial Times
"From the well-organized Electronic Privacy Information Center Web site to the ragtag free-for-all of newsgroups such as alt.privacy, the 'Net is filled with information on keeping others out of your business.
"The Web site of the Electronic Privacy Information Center details Ram Avrahami's case, right down to the legal briefs. EPIC's Web site also details efforts to get direct marketers to purge children's names from databases, to oppose an FBI plan to increase its wiretapping authority, and to ease restrictions on programs that make e-mail private."
– Gannett News Service
"This consumer group provides a wealth of information at its Web site."
– Governing Magazine
"The premier nonprofit organization concerned with online privacy, EPIC updates its Web site daily with the latest developments in privacy issues."
– The Houston Chronicle
"EPIC's Bill Track is a good current resource for federal legislation concerning privacy, speech and cyber-liberties."
– Internet Law Researcher
"As flames from the debate on encryption and privacy spread over the Internet and around Washington, the Electronic Privacy Information Center and other technically savvy NGOs are working with international human rights groups to protect their communications against hostile governments and to fight restrictions on unobstructed Internet communications."
– Inter Press Service
"The collection of consumer information in cyberspace has captured the attention of the Internet community. Visit the Electronic Privacy Information Center (www.epic.org ) and you will find a big collection of resources on privacy issues."
– International Herald Tribune
"EPIC's Freedom of Information Act work attracts widespread praise."
– Legal Times
"Fighting for privacy and freedom of expression in cyberspace is a never-ending struggle, and no one could ask for tougher allies than these guys. EPIC, in particular, has set the benchmark for relentless and principled advocacy on the main issues of public concern about the Internet and computerization.
– "High-Tech Heroes who Work for the Public Good," The Los Angeles Times (1998)
""This Washington D.C. policy group is at the front of the battle against censorship and government intrusion on the Net."
– Lycos
"If you're interested in stopping threats to privacy rather than reacting to them, stay informed about your rights and threats to them. The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) is a good starting place. And you might consider working for laws that protect your electronic privacy at the state or federal level. EPIC has an index of current state privacy laws."
– MacUser
"Comprehensive archives on encryption can be found at the Web site of the Electronic Privacy Information Center."
– MacWorld
"EPIC has been helping international human rights organizations use encryption to protect their global e-mail."
– The Nation
"It is easier to follow the privacy debate on a site wholly concerned with the issue, such as The Electronic Privacy Information Center, at (www.epic.org), which strongly supports consumer privacy."
– National Law Journal
"Important source documents can be found in the cryptography policy books published annually by the Electronic Privacy Information Center in Washington, DC."
– The National Research Council
"Probably the best place to start researching privacy issues, the Electronic Privacy Information Center provides news updates, the EPIC Alert newsletter, a policy archives and an online guide to pending privacy and cyber-liberties in Congress. You'll also find state privacy laws, pointers to privacy resources on and off the 'Net and – not to be missed – tips for surfing the 'Net anonymously and using encryption programs and anonymous mailers."
– NetGuide
"If you'd like additional information to guide the drafting of your privacy policy, I suggest tapping into the Electronic Privacy Information Center's "Online Guide to Privacy Resources" (www.epic.org/privacy/privacy resources faq.html). The site details relevant organizations, Internet sites and discussion areas, among other things. It's a good starting point."
– Network World
"EPIC is often on the front lines of emerging civil liberties issues. One of 50 People Who Matter Most on the Internet."
– Newsweek
"When Big Brother keeps tabs on the people, it is nice to know there are some people keeping tabs on Big Brother. This site (www.epic.org), well organized and easy to navigate, is a treasure trove of resources for lawyers, citizens and conspiracy theorists alike."
– New York Law Journal
"[EPIC] has used the Freedom of Information Act to monitor the Government's actions, and has been the first to disclose, among other things, the Federal Bureau of Investigation's desire to redesign the telephone system to ease wiretapping."
– The New York Times
"The privacy center has been quite successful defending the Internet user."
– The New York Times
"Besides its well-organized guide to privacy issues, this site includes updates on the clipper chip, the digital telephony law and other bad ideas that make it easier for federal agents to snoop online."
– Playboy
"The Electronic Privacy Information Center maintains a web site containing privacy documents in all areas, provides descriptions of and links to other important privacy organizations, and sends out an electronic newsletter alerting subscribers to breaking privacy news."
– Privacy & American Business
EPIC's Privacy Law Sourcebook–"The 'Physicians Desk Reference' of the privacy world."
– Privacy Times
"The experts on all aspects of online privacy work for EPIC, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (washofc.epic.org). Here you'll find updates on everything from cryptography legislation to database marketing."
– Rocky Mountain News
"According to documents obtained by EPIC under the Freedom of Information Act, the FBI and other agencies have repeatedly recommended to the White House that the key escrow plan be made mandatory."
– San Jose Mercury News
"Impressive privacy advocates."
– Scientific American
"Founded in 1994, the Electronic Privacy Information Center has emerged as a leading public-interest advocacy organization. During its relatively brief lifespan, it has helped uncover the FBI's controversial Internet monitoring system, Carnivore, helped ease government restrictions on the use of encryption, and played a central role in ACLU v. Reno. EPIC continues to be at the forefront of protecting civil liberties."
– Texas Lawyer
"A great site that gives detailed descriptions of the latest encryption issues and offers multiple sites for downloading PGP and for surfing the Net with the "anonymizer." EPIC, www.epic.org, is packed with files containing scans of formerly classified government documents and the A to Z of privacy, including info on airline-passenger profiling and Caller ID."
– Time Magazine
"A good resource for keeping with issues in cryptography, the National Information Infrastructure, credit records, and medical records."
– USA Today
"EPIC has put steady pressure on the administration concerning its policies on encryption, wiretapping, and other issues."
– The Washington Post
"Visit the Electronic Privacy Information Center and you'll find a big collection of resources on on-line privacy issues."
– The Washington Post
"As more people link up to the Internet, privacy issues are taking on a new urgency. This site, from the Electronic Privacy Information Center advocacy group, offers plenty of fodder on securing e-mail with encryption, restricting marketing information about kids and keeping cable-television records private."
– The Wall Street Journal
"A comprehensive clearinghouse, EPIC is at the forefront of defending individual rights to privacy in the digital age. It features a policy archive with information on cryptography, free speech, and the Freedom of Information Act. Sign up for the EPIC Alert, an electronic civil liberties newsletter, and don't miss the Former Secrets section, which contains formerly classified government documents obtained under the FOIA."
– The Web Magazine
"Just in time for the Clipper debate, privacy minded organizations and individuals have created EPIC – the Electronic Privacy Information Center. EPIC will initially focus on Clipper (it has already delivered a petition opposing the scheme, signed by more than 47,000 net denizens) and will become a clearinghouse of information and debate on on issues of consumer data, medical record privacy, and digital telephony."
– Wired Magazine
"A great resource on civil liberties and First Amendment issues."
– Wired Source
Awards and Web Site Reviews
"This site is both timely and valuable. On EPIC's front page, you'll find pointers toward such Hot Topics as the Clinton administration's appeal of the June 12 ruling on the Communications Decency Act (CDA). Read the full text of the ruling, use RealAudio to listen to the ACLU news conference discussing the unconstitutionality of the CDA, and link to other CDA sites, as well. The Resources section reveals Former Secrets–in this case, scanned images of once-classified government documents, including a sample page from the FBI wiretap survey. You can even learn how to use the Freedom of Information Act, with which EPIC acquired these documents. EPIC Alert, the organization's award-winning biweekly newsletter, is available online and dates back to EPIC's founding in 1994. And there is an extensive online guide to privacy resources, as well. To keep up with the dizzying rush of news on electronic access to information, visit EPIC often."
– C|Net's Best of the Web
"Everything one might need to know about issues of free expression and privacy relating to the net, including the full text of opinion from the ACLU vs. Reno case."
– DisInformation
"Washington, D.C.-based Electronic Privacy Information Center is devoted to the privacy issue in all its political forms. Excellent links to other privacy groups, up-to-date legislative docket, journals, more."
– Excite Reviews
"* * * * for the EPIC Alert" (top rating)
– Magellan, McKinnley's Internet Directory
"A fantastic resource, EPIC's Web site gives browsers access to news on privacy issues, a means to track pending privacy legislation, practical privacy tools, and a guide to online privacy resources. There's not much in the way of graphics, but the information is all there. "
– Markkula Center for Applied Ethics
"The Electronic Privacy Information Center, which follows the issue of privacy on the Net, has established an excellent international resource, with mailing lists, newsgroups, lists of conferences, and other info. This online guide is a fantastic window to issues, information, and organizations, which all share the common goal of protecting electronic privacy and individual rights."
– NetGuide's Best of the Web
"Keep tabs on how the government and other organizations are keeping tabs on you. Taking a shot at the Department of Homeland Security, EPIC spoofs the color-coded terror threat scale by recasting it as a 'Privacy Threat Index.'"
– PC Magazine's Top 100 Classics
"At the front of the battle against censorship and government intrusion on the Net is this Washington D.C. policy group. EPIC has loads of privacy and Internet resources, like the Free Speech Archive, which provides updates on bills before Congress that would affect anonymous communications (a Net staple). And true to its name, EPIC has what may be the best collection of privacy material, from organization Web sites to upcoming conferences."
– Point Review 1996
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