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Vehicle Fingerprinting Through Pervasive Camera Surveillance Likely Violates Fourth Amendment, Court Finds

February 11, 2025

On February 5, a §1983 case alleging violation of the Fourth Amendment for the City of Norfolk’s use of Flock to indiscriminately track residents’ movement around town survived a baseless standing challenge and motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim.
- Privacy in Public
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates
EPIC’s Jeramie Scott to Testify on Privacy Protections for Traffic Camera Systems in Maryland

January 31, 2025

Jeramie Scott, Senior Counsel at EPIC and Director of EPIC’s Project on Surveillance Oversight, will testify today at a Maryland Senate Judicial Proceedings hearing on Maryland Senate Bill 0381.
- Data Protection
- Location Tracking
- Privacy in Public
- 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
GAO Report Addresses DHS’ Unchecked Surveillance of Americans in Public Without Warrants

December 5, 2024

A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reviewed the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) law enforcement agencies’ use of detection and monitoring technologies in public without warrants. DHS was found to use over 20 types of detection, observation, and monitoring technologies,
- Privacy in Public
- 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
EPIC Awards the Tire Meu Rosto da Sua Mira Campaign as EPIC International Privacy Champions

May 29, 2024
- Data Protection
- Democracy & Free Speech
- Face Surveillance & Biometrics
- International Privacy
- International Privacy Laws
- Privacy & Racial Justice
- Privacy in Public
- Privacy Laws
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates
EPIC, Coalition Urge New York Lawmakers to Pass Biometric Recognition Bans

May 7, 2024

EPIC and a coalition urged New York lawmakers to pass a suite of bills banning facial recognition in
- Face Surveillance & Biometrics
- Privacy in Public
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates
EPIC’s Jake Wiener to Testify Again on Privacy Protections for Traffic Camera Systems in Maryland

March 27, 2024

EPIC's Jake Wiener to testify in Maryland Senate on privacy protections for automated traffic enforcement programs.
- Data Protection
- Location Tracking
- Privacy in Public
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates
EPIC, ACLU, EFF Urge NHTSA to Prioritize Privacy When Developing New Drunk Driving Prevention Systems

March 5, 2024

EPIC, EFF, and the ACLU urged NHTSA to select the most privacy protective technologies available for new rules requiring cars to prevent drunk and impaired driving.
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Protection
- Location Tracking
- Privacy in Public
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates
EPIC, Demand Progress, EFF Applaud Proposed FTC Order with Location Data Broker, Urge Stronger Protections for Location Data

February 21, 2024

EPIC, Demand Progress, and EFF submitted comments in response to the FTC’s proposed order and settlement with X-Mode Social, a location data broker that has previously sold data to government contractors. The groups applauded the FTC’s proposed order for highlighting the sensitive nature of location data and the discrete harm of selling to government contractors for national security purposes, but urged the Commission to apply stronger, more consistent protections for location data.
- Data Protection
- Location Tracking
- Privacy in Public
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates

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