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  • PCLOB Staff Report Recommends TSA’s Facial Recognition Program Remain Voluntary, Improve Transparency and Oversight

    May 10, 2025

    • Face Surveillance & Biometrics

    • Surveillance Oversight

    • Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance

    • Updates

  • EPIC Endorses Traveler Privacy Protection Act

    May 9, 2025

    • Face Surveillance & Biometrics

    • Surveillance Oversight

    • Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance

    • Updates

  • REAL ID Rollout in U.S. Airports

    May 6, 2025

    On May 7, 2025, the Transportation and Security Administration (TSA) is set to begin enforcing “REAL ID” requirements at airport checkpoints.

    • Surveillance Oversight

    • Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance

    • Updates

  • Senators Call on DHS to Investigate TSA’s use of Facial Recognition

    November 21, 2024

    • Face Surveillance & Biometrics

    • Surveillance Oversight

    • Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance

    • Updates

  • EPIC Urges CBP to Pause its Expansion of Facial Recognition at the Border 

    October 28, 2024

    This afternoon, EPIC submitted comments to Customs & Border Patrol (CBP) urging it to refrain from expanding the use of facial recognition technology as part of its Biometric Entry-Exit (BE-E) Program.

    • Face Surveillance & Biometrics

    • Surveillance Oversight

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  • EPIC, Coalition to Senate: Pause TSA’s Facial Recognition Program Now

    May 6, 2024

    • Face Surveillance & Biometrics

    • Surveillance Oversight

    • Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance

    • Updates

  • EPIC Urges OMB to Rein In Unchecked Expansion of CBP One App

    May 6, 2024

    EPIC submitted comments to CBP and OMB opposing an expansion of the controversial and flawed CBP One app for Biometric Exit

    • Surveillance Oversight

    • Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance

    • Updates

  • EPIC, Coalition Urge OMB to Adopt AI Procurement Guidelines with Civil Rights and Transparency in Mind

    April 29, 2024

    Today, a cross-cutting coalition of civil society organizations led by EPIC and the Brennan Center for Justice filed joint comments to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) laying out the need for additional federal AI procurement guidance to adequately mitigate the risks of procured AI.

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  • EPIC Endorses Traveler Privacy Protection Act

    November 29, 2023

    Today, Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and John Kennedy (R-LA) introduced the Traveler Privacy Protection Act, which would prohibit the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) from using facial recognition.

    • Face Surveillance & Biometrics

    • Surveillance Oversight

    • Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance

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  • Leading Privacy and Civil Liberties Groups Urge TSA Not to Proceed with Unsafe Interim Rulemaking on Mobile Driver’s Licenses

    October 17, 2023

    EPIC, EFF, ACLU, and CDT filed comments opposing an interim rulemaking process that would let TSA accept mobile drivers licenses at airports before the technology is fully developed and privacy-protective standards are ready.

    • Surveillance Oversight

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