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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
- Surveillance Oversight
- Wiretapping
- Updates
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
- Privacy Laws
- Surveillance Oversight
- Wiretapping
- Updates
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
- Consumer Privacy
- Surveillance Oversight
- Wiretapping
- Updates
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
- Consumer Privacy
- Surveillance Oversight
- Wiretapping
- Updates
EPIC Urges FCC to Aggressively Regulate Prison Phone Industry

June 6, 2023

EPIC urged the FCC to interpret a recent law broadly to aggressively regulate prison phone providers and bring down costs for incarcerated people and their families.
- Communications Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- Surveillance Oversight
- Wiretapping
- Updates
EPIC Urges FCC to Lower Prices, Reduce Surveillance on Prison Telecommunications

May 9, 2023

EPIC urged the FCC to lower the cost of prison phone and video calls, and regulate e-messaging systems.
- Communications Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Protection
- Location Tracking
- Surveillance Oversight
- Wiretapping
- Updates
DHS OIG Report: Secret Service and ICE Illegally Used Cell-Site Simulators

March 3, 2023

A report by DHS's Inspector General revealed that the Secret Service and ICE have used cell-site simulators without obtaining warrants or following statutory privacy requirements.
- Privacy in Public
- Surveillance Oversight
- Wiretapping
- Updates
EPIC, EFF, and CDT to New Jersey Supreme Court: Don’t Let Police Sleight-of-Hand Avoid Wiretap Requirements

January 10, 2023
- Communications Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- Privacy Laws
- Surveillance Oversight
- U.S. Privacy Laws
- Wiretapping
- Updates
EPIC Urges FCC to Prohibit Providers from Charging Detained Persons and Their Families for Call Surveillance

December 16, 2022

Yesterday EPIC sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission, thanking the agency for its decision to extend call rate protections for "jails" and "prisons" to include juvenile detention facilities, ICE detention facilities, and secure mental health facilities.
- Communications Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Brokers
- Surveillance Oversight
- Wiretapping
- Updates
El Faro Journalists Sue NSO Group in U.S. Federal Court for Pegasus Spyware Attacks

December 7, 2022
- Surveillance Oversight
- Wiretapping
- Updates

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