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EPIC Amicus: Foreign Spyware is Not Exempt from Prosecution Under the CFAA

July 31, 2024

EPIC urged the Ninth Circuit to recognize that the Northern District of California has jurisdiction to hear a case brought by foreign journalists whose devices were hacked using Pegasus, a spyware application produced by Israeli company NSO Group.
- Intelligence Surveillance
- Surveillance Oversight
- Wiretapping
- Updates
EPIC, Coalition Call for Meaningful Guardrails for the use of AI in National Security Systems

July 23, 2024

EPIC joined several other organizations on a letter to urge the Biden Administration to establish meaningful standards for the use of AI in the national security context.
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Government AI Use
- Intelligence Surveillance
- 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
EPIC, Coalition Call on Government to Declassify Type of Company at Issue in New FISA Definition

May 14, 2024

On May 9, EPIC joined a coalition of over 20 civil society organizations in calling on Attorney General Merrick Garland and Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines to declassify the type of service provider at issue in a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) proceeding that led Congress to expand the universe of companies subject to compelled cooperation under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).
- FISA Section 702
- Intelligence Surveillance
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates
ODNI Releases Framework for Commercially Available Information

May 10, 2024

On May 8, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) released its framework for commercially available information. The new framework sets out guidelines for intelligence agencies’ purchase and use of commercial data, but does not restrict the types of data—such as location or web browsing information—agencies may purchase.
- Intelligence Surveillance
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates
EPIC Applauds FTC Prohibition Against Avast’s Disclosure of Sensitive Information for Advertising Purposes

April 29, 2024

Avast marketed software to consumers that the company promised would limit tracking online by blocking invasive third-party cookies. But even as it promised privacy protection, Avast collected and sold consumers’ sensitive browsing information to third parties.
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Protection
- Intelligence Surveillance
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates
EPIC, Coalition Urge Opposition to RISAA, “Terrifying” Expansion of FISA Section 702

April 16, 2024

EPIC and a coalition of privacy, civil liberties, and civil rights groups wrote a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senate Judiciary Chair Richard Durbin, and Senate Intel Chair Mark Warner, expressing our strong opposition to the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act (RISAA), H.R.7888, which would dramatically expand the government’s warrantless surveillance powers.
- FISA Section 702
- Intelligence Surveillance
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates
EPIC, Coalition Urge Opposition to RISAA Absent Votes on Key Reforms

April 5, 2024

EPIC and a coalition of privacy, civil liberties, and civil rights groups wrote a letter to Speaker Mike Johnson and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries expressing our strong opposition to the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act (RISAA), H.R.7320, and urging them “to oppose its consideration on the House Floor unless members have the opportunity to vote on amendments that were critical components of this legislation’s negotiated introduction” – including amendments to close the backdoor search and data broker loopholes.
- FISA Section 702
- Intelligence Surveillance
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates
EPIC, Coalition Call on Key Lawmakers to Not Allow Section 702 Reauthorization to Slip into NDAA

November 21, 2023

EPIC and a coalition of privacy, civil liberties, and civil rights groups urged key lawmakers including the Majority and Minority Leaders of both the House and Senate, to not allow any reauthorization of FISA Section 702 to be slipped into the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) in conference.
- FISA Section 702
- Intelligence Surveillance
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates
Sen. Wyden Reveals New Details about the Massive Hemisphere Surveillance Program

November 21, 2023

Yesterday, in a letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ), Sen. Ron Wyden revealed stunning new details about the Drug Enforcement Agency’s Hemisphere program, now known as Data Analytical Services (DAS), a vast and highly-secretive surveillance authority run by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy and the DEA.
- Intelligence Surveillance
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates

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