Customs and Border Protection

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.

• Democracy & Free Speech

• Privacy & Racial Justice

• Surveillance Oversight

• Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance

• Updates

EPIC, Coalition Urge CBP to Withdraw Proposed Rule Expanding Traveler Surveillance

EPIC and a coalition of groups filed comments opposing CBP's plan to have airlines collect sensitive information before travelers depart for the US.

• Surveillance Oversight

• Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance

• Updates

Collection of Biometric Data From Aliens Upon Entry to and Departure From the United States

• Surveillance Oversight

• Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance

• APA Comments

Announcing the Re-Opening of the Public Comment Period for 21st Century Customs Framework

• Surveillance Oversight

• Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance

• APA Comments

EPIC v. CBP (Border Search Audits of Electronic Devices)

Seeking CBP's audits of the border searches the agency conducts of electronic devices.

• Freedom of Information Act

• Open Government

• Surveillance Oversight

• Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance

• FOIA Cases

Agency Information Collection Activities: Biometric Identity

• Surveillance Oversight

• APA Comments

Privacy Act of 1974: Implementation of Exemptions; Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)-024 CBP Intelligence Records System (CIRS) System of Records

• Government Databases

• Surveillance Oversight

• APA Comments

Agency Information Collection Activities: Electronic Visa Update System

• Surveillance Oversight

• APA Comments