EPIC - Electronic Privacy Information Center
    • AI & Human Rights
      • Commercial AI Use
      • Gov't AI Use
      • AI in the Criminal Justice System
      • AI Policy
      • Risk Assessments
      • Screening & Scoring
    • Consumer Privacy
      • Online Advertising & Tracking
      • Data Minimization
      • Social Media Privacy
      • Data Brokers
      • Communications Privacy
      • Robocalls
      • Competition and Privacy
    • Cybersecurity
      • Data Security
      • Encryption
      • Election Security
      • Presidential Directives
    • Data Protection
      • International Privacy
      • Enforcement of Privacy Laws
      • Government Records & Privacy
      • Location Tracking
      • Children's Privacy
      • Student Privacy
      • Health & Reproductive Privacy
      • Workplace Privacy
    • Democracy & Free Speech
      • Privacy & Racial Justice
      • Voter Privacy
      • Census Privacy
      • Donor Privacy
      • Anonymity
      • Access to Information
    • Open Government
      • Freedom of Information Act
      • Federal Advisory Committee Act
      • Privacy Impact Assessments
    • Platform Accountability & Governance
      • Age Assurance
      • Laws & Regulations
      • Section 230
      • The First Amendment
      • Online Harassment
      • Web Scraping
    • Privacy Laws
      • Fourth Amendment
      • International Privacy Laws
      • U.S. Privacy Laws
      • Proposed U.S. Legislation
      • State Privacy Laws
      • Article III Standing
    • Surveillance Oversight
      • FISA Section 702
      • Face Surveillance & Biometrics
      • Drones & Aerial Surveillance
      • Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance
      • Privacy in Public
      • Intelligence Surveillance
      • Government Databases
      • PATRIOT Act
      • Wiretapping
    • Updates
    • Analysis
    • EPIC Alert
    • Events
    • EPIC Publications
    • Digital Library
    • EPIC in the News
    • Press Kit
    • EPIC Statements
    • EPIC Commentaries
    • About Us
    • Ways to Support EPIC
    • Board & Staff
    • EPIC Advisory Board
    • Careers & Internships
    • Being a Non-profit
    • Cy Pres Awards
    • Privacy Policy
    • Contact Us
  • DONATE

Our Work

Digital Library

Filters

Sort By

  • 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

  • Fifth Circuit Rules that Geofence Warrants Are Inherently Unconstitutional

    August 13, 2024

    • Fourth Amendment

    • Privacy Laws

    • 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

  • EPIC Tells Fourth Circuit That School Officials Working With Police Cannot Search Student Cell Phones Without Warrants

    May 19, 2023

    EPIC has filed an amicus brief urging the Fourth Circuit to recognize that a school working in conjunction with a police officer cannot search a student cell phone without a warrant.

    • Data Protection

    • Fourth Amendment

    • Privacy Laws

    • Student Privacy

    • Updates

  • EPIC Urges Appeals Court to Require Police to Obtain Search Warrants Before Conducting Months-Long Recordings of People’s Homes

    May 19, 2023

    • Fourth Amendment

    • Privacy in Public

    • Privacy Laws

    • Surveillance Oversight

    • Updates

  • EPIC Cautions OSTP on Data Transfers, Urges Differential Privacy

    April 6, 2023

    On March 30, EPIC submitted comments to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) recommending several resources that might assist OSTP in fulfilling the aims of the "Advancing Effective, Accountable Policing and Criminal Justice Practices to Enhance Public Trust and Public Safety" Executive Order.

    • Access to Information

    • AI in the Criminal Justice System

    • Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

    • Democracy & Free Speech

    • Fourth Amendment

    • Freedom of Information Act

    • Government Databases

    • Open Government

    • Privacy & Racial Justice

    • Privacy in Public

    • Privacy Laws

    • Surveillance Oversight

    • Updates

  • EPIC Urges Colorado Supreme Court to Rule Reverse Keyword Warrants are Unconstitutional, Points Toward Effects on Abortion Rights

    January 26, 2023

    • Access to Information

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Democracy & Free Speech

    • Fourth Amendment

    • Privacy Laws

    • Web Scraping

    • Updates

  • EPIC Urges PCLOB to Investigate the Use of Section 702 in Cybersecurity Investigations

    January 12, 2023

    • Fourth Amendment

    • Intelligence Surveillance

    • Privacy Laws

    • Surveillance Oversight

    • Updates

  • EPIC Urges FTC to Regulate Surveillance Tech Companies Using Police as Promoters

    January 10, 2023

    EPIC urged the agency to incorporate the full scope of the Endorsement Guides into its rule, and also urged the Commission to make explicit that companies are liable for violations of the Endorsement Guides made by police promoters.

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Fourth Amendment

    • Privacy in Public

    • Privacy Laws

    • Surveillance Oversight

    • Updates

  • Report: FBI Relied Heavily on Google Geofence Warrants in January 6 Investigations

    November 30, 2022

    • Fourth Amendment

    • Privacy in Public

    • Privacy Laws

    • Surveillance Oversight

    • Updates

Support Our Work

EPIC's work is funded by the support of individuals like you, who allow us to continue to protect privacy, open government, and democratic values in the information age.

Donate
Epic.org | Electronic Privacy Information Center
  • Facebook
  • Bluesky
  • LinkedIn

1519 New Hampshire Avenue NW

Washington, DC 20036

Phone number: 202.483.1140

| [email protected]
  • Issues
    • AI & Human Rights
    • Consumer Privacy
    • Cybersecurity
    • Data Protection
    • Democracy & Free Speech
    • Open Government
    • Platform Accountability & Governance
    • Privacy Laws
    • Surveillance Oversight
  • Our Work
    • Updates
    • Analysis
    • EPIC Alert
    • Events
    • EPIC Publications
    • Digital Library
  • Media
    • EPIC in the News
    • Press Kit
    • EPIC Statements
    • EPIC Commentaries
  • About
    • EPIC Projects
    • Board & Staff
    • EPIC Advisory Board
    • Careers & Internships
    • Being a Non-profit
    • Cy Pres Awards
    • Privacy Policy
    • Contact Us
DONATE

© Copyright 1994 - 2025 EPIC, all rights reserved.