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EPIC and ACLU Encourage NIST to Advance Privacy and Equity in Digital Identity Guidelines

October 9, 2024

This week EPIC and the ACLU submitted joint comments urging the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to center equity, accessibility, and privacy in the Second Draft of its Digital Identity Guidelines.
- Cybersecurity
- Data Security
- Government Databases
- Platform Accountability & Governance
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates
Civil Rights Commission Releases Report on the Federal Government’s Use of Facial Recognition Technology

September 21, 2024

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights released the report The Civil Rights Implications of the Federal Use of Facial Recognition this week. The report detailed some of the risks of the federal government’s unfettered use of facial recognition technology.
- Face Surveillance & Biometrics
- Privacy in Public
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates
EPIC Urges European Commission to address surveillance gaps in First Periodic Review of EU-US Data Privacy Framework

September 5, 2024

EPIC filed comments with the European Commission urging the Commission to address surveillance gaps in the EU-US Data Privacy Framework and protect the privacy rights of EU residents.
- Data Protection
- FISA Section 702
- International Privacy
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates
Fifth Circuit Rules that Geofence Warrants Are Inherently Unconstitutional

August 13, 2024
- Fourth Amendment
- Privacy Laws
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates
EPIC Amicus: Foreign Spyware is Not Exempt from Prosecution Under the CFAA

July 31, 2024

EPIC urged the Ninth Circuit to recognize that the Northern District of California has jurisdiction to hear a case brought by foreign journalists whose devices were hacked using Pegasus, a spyware application produced by Israeli company NSO Group.
- Intelligence Surveillance
- Surveillance Oversight
- Wiretapping
- Updates
EPIC, Coalition Call for Meaningful Guardrails for the use of AI in National Security Systems

July 23, 2024

EPIC joined several other organizations on a letter to urge the Biden Administration to establish meaningful standards for the use of AI in the national security context.
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Government AI Use
- Intelligence Surveillance
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates
FCC Reduces Rates for Prison Phone Calls, Prohibits Charging Families for Surveillance

July 18, 2024

The FCC drastically lowered the cost of phone calls to jails and prisons, following EPIC's comments.
- Communications Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- Face Surveillance & Biometrics
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates
EPIC Urges PCLOB to Take Deep Dive on Intelligence Community’s Use of AI in Counterterrorism.

July 2, 2024

On July 1, EPIC submitted comments to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB)’s request for written submission on the role of artificial intelligence in counterterrorism.
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Face Surveillance & Biometrics
- Government AI Use
- Intelligence Surveillance
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates
EPIC Urges GSA to Minimize Use of SSNs, Limit Unnecessary Fraud Prevention Practices on Login.gov

June 13, 2024

EPIC urged the GSA to prioritize privacy, limit use of fraud controls to strictly necessary applications, and more aggressively protect SSNs on the government's single-sign-on service Login.gov.
- Government Databases
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates
EPIC, Coalition Amicus: People Retain a Privacy Interest in the Data on Lost Phones

June 3, 2024

EPIC and a coalition urged the 9th Circuit to find that when a person loses their cell phone, they do not lose a privacy interest in the digital contents of that phone.
- Fourth Amendment
- Privacy Laws
- Surveillance Oversight
- Wiretapping
- Updates

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