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DOJ Finalizes Mixed Bag Data Broker Regulation

January 8, 2025

On December 27, the Department of Justice (DOJ) finalized its rule on Provisions Regarding Access to Americans’ Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and Government Related Data to Countries of Concern.
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Brokers
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates
NSO Group Liable Under CFAA for Hacking WhatsApp Servers, NSO Attorneys Sanctioned for Discovery Misconduct

December 23, 2024
- Intelligence Surveillance
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates
FCC Signals Possible Update to Wiretap Regulations in Light of Massive Breach

December 20, 2024
- Communications Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- Cybersecurity
- Data Security
- Encryption
- Surveillance Oversight
- Wiretapping
- Updates
Anti-Spyware Coalition Sends Letter to European Union to Prosecute Illegal Hacking of Journalists and Activists in Serbia

December 20, 2024

On December 19, EPIC joined 50 civil society organizations urging major European Union (“EU”) institutions to take action to stop the Serbian Authorities’ illegal use of spyware to target journalists, activists, and members of civil society.
- Data Protection
- Intelligence Surveillance
- International Privacy
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates
EPIC, Coalition Urge OMB to Rein in Agency Exploitation of the Data Broker Loophole in New Comments

December 17, 2024

EPIC, the Brennan Center for Justice, Demand Progress, and the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project were joined by several other organizations in comments submitted to the Office of Management and Budget yesterday urging it to push back against federal agency’s use of commercially available information (CAI) to get around key constitutional and statutory privacy protections.
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Brokers
- Fourth Amendment
- Intelligence Surveillance
- Open Government
- Privacy Impact Assessments
- Privacy Laws
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates
EPIC, Coalition Urge EU Polish Presidency to Prioritize Action Against Spyware Misuse

December 13, 2024

EPIC, alongside 13 civil society organizations, has sent a joint letter to the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, urging them to prioritize decisive action against spyware misuse.
- Data Protection
- Intelligence Surveillance
- International Privacy
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates
EPIC, Coalition Urge EU Council to Reconsider Proposals That Would Undermine Encryption

December 12, 2024

EPIC, along with 54 other civil society organizations, industry, and professional associations, wrote a letter to the European Union’s Justice and Home Affairs Council, warning them of the dangers of undermining encryption for further law enforcement access to data.
- Cybersecurity
- Data Protection
- Encryption
- International Privacy
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates
GAO Report Addresses DHS’ Unchecked Surveillance of Americans in Public Without Warrants

December 5, 2024

A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reviewed the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) law enforcement agencies’ use of detection and monitoring technologies in public without warrants. DHS was found to use over 20 types of detection, observation, and monitoring technologies,
- Privacy in Public
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates
EPIC Urges DOJ to Clarify and Strengthen Proposed Rule on Preventing Access to U.S. Personal Data

November 27, 2024

On November 27, EPIC submitted comments in response to the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) notice of proposed rule making (NPRM) on Provisions Regarding Access to Americans’ Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and Government Related Data to Countries of Concern.
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Brokers
- Data Protection
- International Privacy
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates
EPIC, Coalition Urge the White House Office of Management and Budget to Halt DHS’s Harmful AI Systems

November 27, 2024

EPIC joined a coalition of over 140 organizations led by Just Futures Law to push The Office of Management and Budget to use its authority to stop the Department of Homeland Security’s use of non-conforming artificial intelligence systems to inform or make decisions regarding surveillance, deportation, and detention.
- AI in the Criminal Justice System
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Government AI Use
- Intelligence Surveillance
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates

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