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EPIC, Coalition Urge OMB to Rein in Agency Exploitation of the Data Broker Loophole in New Comments

December 17, 2024

EPIC, the Brennan Center for Justice, Demand Progress, and the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project were joined by several other organizations in comments submitted to the Office of Management and Budget yesterday urging it to push back against federal agency’s use of commercially available information (CAI) to get around key constitutional and statutory privacy protections.
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Brokers
- Fourth Amendment
- Intelligence Surveillance
- Open Government
- Privacy Impact Assessments
- Privacy Laws
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates
ABA Journal: Can a lost phone be searched without consent? 9th Circuit will consider

November 1, 2024
- Communications Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Protection
- Fourth Amendment
- Location Tracking
- Privacy Laws
- News
Law and Disorder Radio: Surveillance Dragnet: Geofence Warrants

September 23, 2024
- Fourth Amendment
- Privacy Laws
- Surveillance Oversight
- News
Fifth Circuit Rules that Geofence Warrants Are Inherently Unconstitutional

August 13, 2024
- Fourth Amendment
- Privacy Laws
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates
United States v. Hunt

June 3, 2024

EPIC, the ACLU and the ACLU of Oregon, EFF, and NACDL submitted an amicus brief arguing that 4th Amendment Abandonment Doctrine should not apply to cell phones.
- Fourth Amendment
- Privacy in Public
- Privacy Laws
- Surveillance Oversight
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
EPIC Statement on House Passage of Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act

April 17, 2024

Today, the House passed the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act, H.R.4639, which would prohibit intelligence agencies and law enforcement from purchasing Americans’ data without a warrant.
- Fourth Amendment
- Intelligence Surveillance
- Privacy Laws
- Surveillance Oversight
- U.S. Privacy Laws
- Statements
EPIC Tells Fourth Circuit That School Officials Working With Police Cannot Search Student Cell Phones Without Warrants

May 19, 2023

EPIC has filed an amicus brief urging the Fourth Circuit to recognize that a school working in conjunction with a police officer cannot search a student cell phone without a warrant.
- Data Protection
- Fourth Amendment
- Privacy Laws
- Student Privacy
- Updates
O.W. v. Carr et al.

May 19, 2023
- Data Protection
- Fourth Amendment
- Privacy Laws
- Student Privacy
- Amicus Briefs
EPIC Urges Appeals Court to Require Police to Obtain Search Warrants Before Conducting Months-Long Recordings of People’s Homes

May 19, 2023
- Fourth Amendment
- Privacy in Public
- Privacy Laws
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates

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