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EPIC Urges FTC to Regulate Surveillance Tech Companies Using Police as Promoters
- Big Data
- Consumer Privacy
- Fourth Amendment
- Privacy in Public
- Privacy Laws
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates
EPIC, Coalition Urge President Biden to Ensure That Federal Policing Funds are Not Used for Abortion Surveillance
- Data Protection
- Health Privacy
- Privacy in Public
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates
Report: FBI Relied Heavily on Google Geofence Warrants in January 6 Investigations
- Fourth Amendment
- Privacy in Public
- Privacy Laws
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates
Analysis: The Rise of Chinese Surveillance Technology in Africa (Part 4 of 6)

The spread of smart cities is a key area facilitating the spread of Chinese surveillance technology globally. Simply put, the smart city is a computational model of urban planning that purports to optimize operational efficacy and promote economic activity by utilizing Information and Communication Technology (ICT). In 2018, the Kenyatta administration in Kenya announced the launch of the National Broadband Strategy, which was designed to advance access to broadband, but also serve as a foundational policy framework to implement smart city technology.
- Anonymity
- Drones & Aerial Surveillance
- Face Surveillance & Biometrics
- International Privacy
- Privacy in Public
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates
Ninth Circuit Okays Los Angeles Program Tracking E-Scooter Riders’ Location
- Consumer Privacy
- Fourth Amendment
- Location Tracking
- Privacy in Public
- Updates
EPIC, Coalition Urge New Orleans City Council to Keep Police Facial Recognition Ban
- Face Surveillance & Biometrics
- Privacy in Public
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates
EPIC Urges Department of Transportation to Prioritize Privacy in Development of New Technologies
- Data Protection
- Location Tracking
- Privacy in Public
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates
Court Won’t Hear Merits of EPIC Suit Challenging Secret Postal Service Surveillance Program
- Face Surveillance & Biometrics
- Open Government
- Privacy Impact Assessments
- Privacy in Public
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates
Supreme Court Declines to Rule on Warrantless Pole Camera Surveillance
- Fourth Amendment
- Privacy in Public
- Privacy Laws
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates
Preserving Community Control of Police Surveillance is Essential to Protect Privacy
- Democracy & Free Speech
- Privacy & Racial Justice
- Privacy in Public
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates

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