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PRESS RELEASE: Musk-Led DOGE Infiltrates FTC, Deepening Threat to Consumers, Kids, and Competition

April 4, 2025
- Data Protection
- Data Security
- Democracy & Free Speech
- Government Databases
- Government Records & Privacy
- Updates
EPIC’s Davisson Testifies in Congress on JFK Records Privacy Breach

April 1, 2025

The disclosure, which broke from normal screening procedures used by the National Archives, caused the release of hundreds of Social Security numbers of people named in the records who are still living.
- Freedom of Information Act
- Government Databases
- Open Government
- Updates
EPIC Testifies in Support of Maryland Bill Requiring Warrant to Access State Agency Data

March 25, 2025
- Government Databases
- Privacy Laws
- Surveillance Oversight
- U.S. State Privacy Laws
- Updates
PRESS RELEASE: Latest Executive Order Threatens to Shred Federal Privacy Protections, Hoard Personal Data for DOGE Use

March 21, 2025
- Data Protection
- Government Databases
- Government Records & Privacy
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates
Court Declines (For Now) EPIC’s Call to Block DOGE Access to Personal Data at Treasury & OPM

February 24, 2025

A federal court in Virginia declined Friday to temporarily halt access by the “Department of Government Efficiency” to vast databases of personal data at the Treasury Department and Office of Personnel Management, denying a motion by EPIC and an anonymous government worker to enter a temporary restraining order.
- Data Protection
- Data Security
- Government Databases
- Government Records & Privacy
- Open Government
- Updates
PRESS RELEASE: EPIC, Democracy Forward, and Federal Worker Sue DOGE for Illegal Seizure of Personal Data From Treasury, Personnel Systems

February 10, 2025

EPIC, Democracy Forward, and a federal worker filed suit today against the so-called “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) over its illegal seizure of personnel records and payment system data—actions which constitute the largest data breach in American history
- Data Protection
- Data Security
- Government Databases
- Government Records & Privacy
- Open Government
- Updates
EPIC Condemns Unprecedented Breaches of Personal Data at Federal Agencies

February 4, 2025
- Data Protection
- Data Security
- Government Databases
- Government Records & Privacy
- Open Government
- Updates
EPIC, Coalition Urge Congress Restore Privacy Oversight Board’s Independence from White House

February 3, 2025

On February 3, EPIC joined over 26 civil society organizations in demanding that Congress re-double its oversight activities to ensure that the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) retains its independence and continues its work free from White House interference.
- Government Databases
- Intelligence Surveillance
- PATRIOT Act
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates
EPIC, Coalition Caution Against the Use of Information From Commercial Data Brokers in Research

January 15, 2025

EPIC joined the Brennan Center, Demand Progress, and the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project in comments to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) regarding “Ethical Guidelines for Research Using Pervasive Data.”
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Brokers
- Government Databases
- Privacy in Public
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates
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

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