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NextGov: TSA uses ‘minimum’ data to fine-tune its facial recognition, but some experts still worry
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Face Surveillance & Biometrics
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Surveillance Oversight
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Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance
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Prism: Surveillance capitalism has taken over immigration enforcement—stifling dissent and sowing fear for profit
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Surveillance Oversight
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Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance
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EPIC Endorses Traveler Privacy Protection Act
Today, Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and John Kennedy (R-LA) introduced the Traveler Privacy Protection Act, which would prohibit the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) from using facial recognition.
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Face Surveillance & Biometrics
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Surveillance Oversight
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Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance
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EPIC Statement on the Introduction of the Traveler Privacy Protection Act
Today, Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and John Kennedy (R-LA) introduced the Traveler Privacy Protection Act, which would prohibit the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) from using facial recognition.
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Face Surveillance & Biometrics
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Surveillance Oversight
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Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance
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Statements
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FedScoop: Homeland Security adds facial comparison, machine learning uses to AI inventory
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Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
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Face Surveillance & Biometrics
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Government AI Use
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Surveillance Oversight
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Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance
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News
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Fast Company: Private prison company GEO pivoted to tech, and it’s raking in hundreds of millions
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Surveillance Oversight
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Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance
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News
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Leading Privacy and Civil Liberties Groups Urge TSA Not to Proceed with Unsafe Interim Rulemaking on Mobile Driver’s Licenses
EPIC, EFF, ACLU, and CDT filed comments opposing an interim rulemaking process that would let TSA accept mobile drivers licenses at airports before the technology is fully developed and privacy-protective standards are ready.
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Surveillance Oversight
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Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance
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Updates
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Comments of EPIC, ACLU, CDT, and EFF to the TSA on Interim Waiver Process Rulemaking for Mobile Driver’s Licenses
Comments of EPIC and leading privacy orgs to the TSA urging them not to go forward with an interim rulemaking allowing mobile drivers license use before the technology and standards are fully developed.
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Surveillance Oversight
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Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance
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APA Comments
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EPIC Urges CBP Not to Collect Useless Social Media Information From Visa Holders
EPIC urged CBP not to collect social media information from current visa holders because this information is not useful and likely to result in biased denials of entry to the U.S.
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Democracy & Free Speech
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Privacy & Racial Justice
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Surveillance Oversight
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Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance
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Updates
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EPIC Comments to DHS on Collecting Social Media Information in EVUS System
EPIC submitted comments opposing DHS's plan to collect social media information for continuous vetting of people who have already been granted a visa to visit the U.S. Social media information is of no value for vetting and prone to misinterpretation and biases.
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Democracy & Free Speech
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Privacy & Racial Justice
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Surveillance Oversight
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Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance
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APA Comments
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