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EPIC Joins Protect Democracy’s Call to Resist Federal Heist of Sensitive SNAP Data

May 14, 2025

As the letter warns, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s demand for beneficiary data is a brazen violation of the Privacy Act, the E-Government Act, and other legal safeguards that protect our personal data.
- Data Protection
- Democracy & Free Speech
- Government Records & Privacy
- Updates
EPIC Asks Federal Court to Rule that Narrow Regulation of Misleading Elections-Related Deepfakes Is Facially Constitutional

April 23, 2025
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Democracy & Free Speech
- Platform Accountability & Governance
- The First Amendment
- Updates
PRESS RELEASE: Musk-Led DOGE Infiltrates FTC, Deepening Threat to Consumers, Kids, and Competition

April 4, 2025
- Data Protection
- Data Security
- Democracy & Free Speech
- Government Databases
- Government Records & Privacy
- Updates
EPIC Backs Rep. Trahan’s Inquiry Into Privacy Act Reforms

March 19, 2025

Adopted by Congress in the aftermath of the Watergate scandal, the Privacy Act is the principal law governing the collection and disclosure of personal information held by federal agencies.
- Data Protection
- Democracy & Free Speech
- Privacy Laws
- U.S. Privacy Laws
- Updates
Rays-ing the Bar for Sunshine Week 2025

March 17, 2025
- Access to Information
- Democracy & Free Speech
- Federal Advisory Committee Act
- Freedom of Information Act
- Open Government
- Privacy Impact Assessments
- Updates
PRESS RELEASE: EPIC Condemns Executive Order Illegally Undermining Independent Agencies

February 19, 2025
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Protection
- Democracy & Free Speech
- Enforcement of Privacy Laws
- Open Government
- Privacy Laws
- Updates
The Fight for Privacy Continues

November 6, 2024
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Census Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Protection
- Democracy & Free Speech
- Open Government
- Platform Accountability & Governance
- Privacy Laws
- Surveillance Oversight
- Voter Privacy
- Updates
EPIC: Privacy Lawsuit Against Clearview AI is About Protecting People’s Rights, Not Silencing Clearview AI’s “Speech”

November 5, 2024
- Consumer Privacy
- Democracy & Free Speech
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates
EPIC Urges FCC to Require More Disclosures Around AI Content in Political Ads—and Restrict AI Disinformation

September 5, 2024
- Access to Information
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Commercial AI Use
- Democracy & Free Speech
- Updates
EPIC Joins Letter Urging Restoration of Civil Rights Protections in APRA

June 25, 2024

EPIC has joined a letter led by the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) urging House Energy and Commerce Committee leadership to postpone the upcoming markup of the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA) and restore key civil rights protections and algorithmic auditing provisions.
- Democracy & Free Speech
- Privacy & Racial Justice
- Privacy Laws
- Proposed U.S. Legislation
- Updates

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