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EPIC and ACLU Encourage NIST to Advance Privacy and Equity in Digital Identity Guidelines

October 9, 2024

This week EPIC and the ACLU submitted joint comments urging the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to center equity, accessibility, and privacy in the Second Draft of its Digital Identity Guidelines.
- Cybersecurity
- Data Security
- Government Databases
- Platform Accountability & Governance
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates
The Record: Chicago stops using controversial ShotSpotter gunshot detection system

September 26, 2024
- AI in the Criminal Justice System
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Privacy in Public
- Surveillance Oversight
- News
WKRC: ‘ShotSpotter’ under increased scrutiny as Cincinnati weighs $1 million annual renewal cost

September 23, 2024
- AI in the Criminal Justice System
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Privacy in Public
- Surveillance Oversight
- News
Law and Disorder Radio: Surveillance Dragnet: Geofence Warrants

September 23, 2024
- Fourth Amendment
- Privacy Laws
- Surveillance Oversight
- News
Civil Rights Commission Releases Report on the Federal Government’s Use of Facial Recognition Technology

September 21, 2024

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights released the report The Civil Rights Implications of the Federal Use of Facial Recognition this week. The report detailed some of the risks of the federal government’s unfettered use of facial recognition technology.
- Face Surveillance & Biometrics
- Privacy in Public
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates
Cal Matters: California drivers can get mobile licenses on their iPhones — but they need physical ones too

September 19, 2024
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Commercial AI Use
- Government AI Use
- Surveillance Oversight
- News
The Department of Transportation’s Underused Privacy Authority

September 9, 2024

Due to the rise of invasive airline data practices and facial recognition technology at airport gates, EPIC strongly encourages the DOT to use its unfair and deceptive enforcement authority to address harmful privacy practices.
- Consumer Privacy
- Face Surveillance & Biometrics
- Surveillance Oversight
- Analysis
EPIC Urges European Commission to address surveillance gaps in First Periodic Review of EU-US Data Privacy Framework

September 5, 2024

EPIC filed comments with the European Commission urging the Commission to address surveillance gaps in the EU-US Data Privacy Framework and protect the privacy rights of EU residents.
- Data Protection
- FISA Section 702
- International Privacy
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates
Boston Globe: ‘The law needs to catch up’: Secret recordings by police before Mass. high court in test of wiretap law

September 5, 2024
- Surveillance Oversight
- Wiretapping
- News
Dada et al. v. NSO Group Amicus Brief of Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, National Newspaper Association, National Press Photographers Association, Online News Association, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, Society of Professional Journalists, and the New York Times Company

September 3, 2024
- Surveillance Oversight

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