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EPIC Urges UK Department for Education to Consider Privacy and Safety of Transgender Children in New Guidance

March 13, 2024

On March 12, EPIC submitted comments to the UK Department for Education regarding its draft consultation on gender questioning kids. The Draft Consultation is meant to guide schools and colleges in England on policies regarding requests by transgender children to socially transition, such as name and pronoun changes.
- Data Protection
- International Privacy
- Student Privacy
- Updates
EPIC Emphasizes That FCC Pilot Program Protect Student Privacy, Not Just School Cybersecurity

February 29, 2024

The E-Rate program uses discounted pricing to facilitate schools and libraries providing free internet access to their students and patrons.
- Communications Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- Cybersecurity
- Data Protection
- Data Security
- Student Privacy
- Updates
EPIC Urges FCC to Offer Wi-Fi Without Surveillance to Students

January 30, 2024

EPIC filed reply comments with the Federal Communications Commission, supporting the agency's proposal to expand its E-Rate program to include Wi-Fi hotspots, but urging the FCC not to require surveillance of users' online activities through those hotspots.
- Communications Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- Cybersecurity
- Data Protection
- Data Security
- Student Privacy
- Updates
EPIC Urges the Department of Education to Invest in Strong Privacy Safeguards when Funding EdTech through Seedlings to Scale

November 20, 2023

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

November 17, 2023

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
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Minimization
- Data Protection
- Student Privacy
- Updates
EPIC Tells Fourth Circuit That School Officials Working With Police Cannot Search Student Cell Phones Without Warrants

May 19, 2023

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

January 9, 2023
- 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

August 23, 2022
- Data Protection
- Fourth Amendment
- Privacy Laws
- Student Privacy
- Updates
EPIC Student Privacy Project Featured in Kennedy School Casebook

May 19, 2021
- Data Protection
- Student Privacy
- Updates
Department of Education Investigating School District’s Disclosure of Personal Data for Predictive Policing Program

April 21, 2021
- AI in the Criminal Justice System
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Data Protection
- Student Privacy
- Updates

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