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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.
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Privacy in Public
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Surveillance Oversight
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Updates
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Schmidt v. City of Norfolk, Order Denying Motion to Dismiss
February 11, 2025
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Privacy in Public
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Surveillance Oversight
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Legal Document
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The Intercept: ICE Wants to Know If You’re Posting Negative Things About It Online
February 11, 2025
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Face Surveillance & Biometrics
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Government Databases
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Intelligence Surveillance
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Surveillance Oversight
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The First Amendment
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Paying for Iris Scans: AI-Fueled Surveillance Harms
February 6, 2025
Hype about AI research and development is driving companies to buy people’s data where they otherwise weren’t and, conversely, to sell people’s (including customers’ and users’) data where they otherwise wouldn’t. These practices are harmful already. And their acceleration by the AI craze is poised to rapidly increase data-sharing, -selling, and -monetization threats to privacy in the coming years. This enables the repeat exploitation of people’s data and causes especially pronounced harm to vulnerable people and communities.
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AI Policy
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Data Protection
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Face Surveillance & Biometrics
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Health and Reproductive Privacy
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Analysis
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Google Rolls Back Responsible AI Principles, Breaking Promise to Limit Military Use of Its Products
February 5, 2025
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Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
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Government AI Use
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Surveillance Oversight
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EPIC, Coalition Urge Congress Restore Privacy Oversight Board’s Independence from White House
February 3, 2025
On February 3, EPIC joined over 26 civil society organizations in demanding that Congress re-double its oversight activities to ensure that the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) retains its independence and continues its work free from White House interference.
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Government Databases
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Intelligence Surveillance
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EPIC, Coalition Letter to Congress regarding PCLOB firings
February 3, 2025
We write to strongly condemn the White House firing of three Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) members, which shattered the independence that is key to the Board’s effectiveness. We urge Congress to act expeditiously to restore that independence.
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Data Protection
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Government Databases
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Intelligence Surveillance
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International Privacy
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Surveillance Oversight
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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.
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Data Protection
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Location Tracking
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Privacy in Public
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Surveillance Oversight
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PRESS RELEASE: EPIC Calls on Congress to Hold On Confirmations Pending White House Nominations to Fill Privacy Oversight Board
January 30, 2025
EPIC calls on the White House to immediately nominate a Chair and full bipartisan slate of Board Members, subject to the advice and consent of the Senate and consultation with Congressional leadership as required by the law. EPIC also calls on members of the Senate Judiciary and Intelligence Committees to hold consideration of other Intelligence Community nominations until the PCLOB Member nominations have been submitted.
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Data Protection
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Intelligence Surveillance
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International Privacy
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Surveillance Oversight
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Updates
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POLITICO: Trump dismantles surveillance watchdog, triggering Europe’s privacy PTSD
January 23, 2025
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Open Government
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Surveillance Oversight
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News
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