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EPIC Urges the Department of Education to Invest in Strong Privacy Safeguards when Funding EdTech through Seedlings to Scale

In comments filed November 13th, EPIC urged the Department of Education to establish safeguards that guide the development and deployment of any AI technologies funded by the Seedlings to Scale program. The Department of Education filed a Request for Information asking for insight to guide its efforts in funding technology intended to improve educational outcomes for all students.
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Children's Privacy
- Data Protection
- Government AI Use
- Student Privacy
- Updates
EPIC Urges NTIA to Back Data Minimization, Address Wide Range of Harms to Minors Online

As children and teens continue spend so much of their lives online in recreational, social and educational settings, it has become clear that existing laws and regulations do not sufficiently protect minors from online harms. In the face of emerging risks from AI and other technologies, EPIC recommended that the NTIA center safeguards like data minimization or a ban on targeted advertising to minors in any of its future recommendations.
- AI Policy
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Children's Privacy
- Commercial AI Use
- Data Protection
- Student Privacy
- Updates
EPIC Tells Fourth Circuit That School Officials Working With Police Cannot Search Student Cell Phones Without Warrants

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
Ninth Circuit Revives Children’s Privacy Class Action Against Google
- Children's Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Protection
- Enforcement of Privacy Laws
- Student Privacy
- Updates
Court: Remote Test Proctoring Scan of Student’s Bedroom Violated Fourth Amendment
- Data Protection
- Fourth Amendment
- Privacy Laws
- Student Privacy
- Updates
EPIC Student Privacy Project Featured in Kennedy School Casebook
- Data Protection
- Student Privacy
- Updates
Department of Education Investigating School District’s Disclosure of Personal Data for Predictive Policing Program
- AI in the Criminal Justice System
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Data Protection
- Student Privacy
- Updates
New York Enacts Law Suspending Use of Facial Recognition in Schools
- Data Protection
- Face Surveillance & Biometrics
- Student Privacy
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates
EPIC Files D.C. Consumer Protection Complaint Against Online Test Proctoring Firms
- Data Protection
- Student Privacy
- Updates
Vendor of School-Based Face Surveillance Systems Lied About Bias, Accuracy
- Data Protection
- Face Surveillance & Biometrics
- Student Privacy
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates

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