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Boston Globe: ‘The law needs to catch up’: Secret recordings by police before Mass. high court in test of wiretap law
September 5, 2024
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Surveillance Oversight
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Wiretapping
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News
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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.
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Intelligence Surveillance
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Wiretapping
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Updates
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Dada et al. v. NSO Group
July 31, 2024
computer related crimes such as accessing a protected computer without authorization, can be used by foreign plaintiffs to prosecute foreign defendants who exploit protected computers.
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Intelligence Surveillance
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Surveillance Oversight
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Wiretapping
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Amicus Briefs
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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.
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Fourth Amendment
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Privacy Laws
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Surveillance Oversight
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Wiretapping
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Comments of EPIC in re the Federal Trade Commission’s Proposed Order & Settlement with Global Tel*Link
December 22, 2023
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AI in the Criminal Justice System
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Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
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Communications Privacy
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Consumer Privacy
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Cybersecurity
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Data Protection
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Data Security
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Location Tracking
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Surveillance Oversight
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Wiretapping
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APA Comments
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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.
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Communications Privacy
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Consumer Privacy
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Surveillance Oversight
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Wiretapping
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Updates
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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.
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Communications Privacy
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Consumer Privacy
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Surveillance Oversight
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Wiretapping
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Updates
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EPIC Reply Comments to FCC on Martha Wright-Reed Act Implementation
June 6, 2023
EPIC's reply comments on the FCC's Implementation of the Martha Wright-Reed Act urged the agency to broadly and aggressively regulate prison phone telecommunications providers.
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Surveillance Oversight
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Wiretapping
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APA Comments
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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.
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Communications Privacy
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Consumer Privacy
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Surveillance Oversight
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Wiretapping
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Updates
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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.
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Communications Privacy
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Consumer Privacy
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Data Protection
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Location Tracking
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Surveillance Oversight
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Wiretapping
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Updates
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