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EPIC Endorses Traveler Privacy Protection Act
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.
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Face Surveillance & Biometrics
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Surveillance Oversight
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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
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.
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Surveillance Oversight
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Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance
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EPIC Urges CBP Not to Collect Useless Social Media Information From Visa Holders
EPIC urged CBP not to collect social media information from current visa holders because this information is not useful and likely to result in biased denials of entry to the U.S.
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Democracy & Free Speech
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Privacy & Racial Justice
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Surveillance Oversight
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Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance
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EPIC, Coalition Urge CBP to Withdraw Proposed Rule Expanding Traveler Surveillance
EPIC and a coalition of groups filed comments opposing CBP's plan to have airlines collect sensitive information before travelers depart for the US.
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Surveillance Oversight
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Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance
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EPIC, Coalition Urge DHS to Extend Comment Period on Massive Changes to Rules for Asylum Seekers
EPIC and a coalition of 172 national, state, and local immigration, policy, direct services, and privacy organizations urged the Department of Homeland Security to extend a short 30-day deadline for comments on a rulemaking that makes substantial changes to the process for seeking asylum in the U.S.
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Surveillance Oversight
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Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance
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EPIC, Coalition Call for ICE to Cancel Contract with LexisNexis for Invasive Surveillance Databases
In a letter signed by more than 80 immigrant rights, racial justice, government accountability, human rights, and privacy organizations, EPIC and coalition members called upon ICE not to renew a $22 million contract for a suite of surveillance services.
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Government Databases
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Surveillance Oversight
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Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance
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EPIC Supports Senators’ Call for TSA to Halt the Use of Facial Recognition
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Face Surveillance & Biometrics
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Surveillance Oversight
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Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance
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CBP Compiles Massive Amounts of Travelers’ Data Through Border Seizures
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Government Databases
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Surveillance Oversight
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Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance
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New EPIC Report Highlights DHS’s Extensive Collection and Circulation of Location Data
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Government Databases
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Surveillance Oversight
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Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance
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EPIC’s Jeramie Scott to Testify to Congress on CBP’s Use of Facial Recognition Technology
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Face Surveillance & Biometrics
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Surveillance Oversight
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Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance
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Updates
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