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EPIC, EFF, & NACDL Urge NJ’s Top Court to Recognize the Right to Discovery on Face Recognition

May 29, 2025

EPIC filed an amicus brief in State v. Miles calling on the court to recognize a defendant’s right to know the details of how he was identified using facial recognition technology
- Face Surveillance & Biometrics
- Updates
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
EPIC Joins Amici Supporting FCC Protections Against Predatory Practices in Prison Telecom Industry

April 25, 2025
- Communications Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- Cybersecurity
- Data Brokers
- Data Security
- Face Surveillance & Biometrics
- Surveillance Oversight
- Wiretapping
- 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
- Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance
- Updates
EPIC, Coalition Offer Recommendations to Strengthen Surveillance Technology Export Regulations

October 18, 2024

EPIC joined several other organizations in comments on the U.S. Commerce Department’s proposed rule to strengthen surveillance technology export regulations.
- Face Surveillance & Biometrics
- 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
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

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