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  • EPIC, Civil Society Lock Arms Against FCC’s Attack on Consumer Protections

    April 29, 2025

    • Communications Privacy

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    • Robocalls

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  • EPIC Joins Amici Supporting FCC Protections Against Predatory Practices in Prison Telecom Industry

    April 25, 2025

    • Communications Privacy

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    • Face Surveillance & Biometrics

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  • EPIC Signs Coalition Letter Seeking to Preserve Independent Agencies

    February 28, 2025

    • Data Protection

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  • Apple Pulls Encrypted Cloud Services and Rejects United Kingdom Request to Create Backdoors to Encrypted Servers

    February 28, 2025

    Encryption is at risk in the United Kingdom. On February 7, it was reported that the United Kingdom sent notices to Apple requesting blanket capability to view fully encrypted material across Apple’s customer base,

    • Cybersecurity

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    • Surveillance Oversight

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  • FCC Initiates Rulemaking to Secure Government Wiretap System in Response to Salt Typhoon Breach

    January 17, 2025

    On January 16, 2025, FCC Chairwoman Rosenworcel released a Declaratory Ruling and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) "Protecting the Nation’s Communications Systems from Cybersecurity Threats",

    • Communications Privacy

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  • FCC Signals Possible Update to Wiretap Regulations in Light of Massive Breach

    December 20, 2024

    • Communications Privacy

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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

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  • EPIC, Coalition Amicus: People Retain a Privacy Interest in the Data on Lost Phones

    June 3, 2024

    EPIC and a coalition urged the 9th Circuit to find that when a person loses their cell phone, they do not lose a privacy interest in the digital contents of that phone.

    • Fourth Amendment

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  • Sen. Wyden Reveals Government Surveillance of Smartphone “Push” Notifications

    December 6, 2023

    Sen. Wyden published a letter revealing that the government can compel Apple and Google to turn over contents and metadata from push communications.

    • Communications Privacy

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  • New Jersey Supreme Court Rules to Protect Social Media Users’ Communications

    June 29, 2023

    The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that law enforcement cannot do an end run around the Wiretap Act when they want to force social media companies to provide users' communications for a period of time.

    • Communications Privacy

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