Digital Library

AI Assurance Policies: A Discussion with NTIA’s Alan Davidson

TikTok is Not the Only Problem

TikTok is just one app in a vast commercial surveillance ecosystem that has been allowed to grow unencumbered over the past two decades due to the lack of a U.S. privacy law. Even if the U.S. bans TikTok, millions of apps would continue to collect the most intimate details about us and profit off of them. The endless web of data brokers who buy and sell data would continue to exist, and foreign adversaries such as China could still obtain Americans’ personal data by simply purchasing it from data brokers on the open market. This is a data privacy crisis with serious national security implications and it is past time for Congress to act.

• Consumer Privacy

• Privacy Laws

• Proposed U.S. Legislation

• Social Media Privacy

• Analysis

Framing the Risk Management Framework: Actionable Instructions by NIST in their “Govern” Section

If you’ve had trouble following the different laws and frameworks proposed as ways to regulate A.I. systems, you’re not alone. From the White House’s Blueprint for an A.I. Bill of Rights and the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST’s) A.I. Risk Management Framework to the OECD’s Principles on Artificial Intelligence and state laws like New York’s Local Law 144, the last few years have seen numerous attempts to solidify a framework for regulating A.I. systems

• Analysis

EPIC FOIA Gallery Archive

EPIC Launches Campaign to Reform or Sunset FISA Section 702

Ahead of the potential sunset of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) at the end of 2023, EPIC has launched a campaign to significantly reform the sweeping surveillance authority or let it sunset.

• FISA Section 702

• Intelligence Surveillance

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates

FISA Section 702

Colorado AG’s Office Finalizes Colorado Privacy Act Rules

Last month the Colorado Attorney General’s Office finalized the Colorado Privacy Act Rules after a months-long, iterative rulemaking process.

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Protection

• Privacy Laws

• U.S. State Privacy Laws

• Updates

FISA Section 702: Reform or Sunset

• Intelligence Surveillance

• PATRIOT Act

• Surveillance Oversight

• Campaigns

What the FCC’s Safe Connections Rule Must Get Right to Support Survivors of Domestic Violence

The FCC's Safe Connections Rule must prioritize maximizing survivor self-determination, maximizing program utilization, and protecting privacy through data minimization.

• Communications Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Analysis

Celebrating Sunshine Week with Some EPIC Open Government Wins

On Freedom of Information Day, which coincides with Sunshine Week and James Madison's birthday, EPIC is highlighting some open government wins from the past year.

• Access to Information

• Democracy & Free Speech

• Freedom of Information Act

• Open Government

• Analysis