Agency Information Collection Activities: Electronic Visa Update System

EPIC Urges OMB to Rein In Unchecked Expansion of CBP One App

May 6, 2024

EPIC submitted comments to CBP and OMB opposing an expansion of the controversial and flawed CBP One app for Biometric Exit

Surveillance Oversight
Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance
Updates

EPIC Urges CBP Not to Collect Useless Social Media Information From Visa Holders

July 28, 2023

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

April 3, 2023

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

EPIC Comments: Circumvention of Lawful Pathways / CBP One NPRM

March 28, 2023

EPIC urged DHS and DOJ to reverse changes to the asylum system that would deem any migrant who does not use the flawed CBP One app as presumptively ineligible for asylum.

Surveillance Oversight
Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance
APA Comments

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

December 21, 2020

Surveillance Oversight
Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance
APA Comments

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

April 11, 2019

Surveillance Oversight
Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance
APA Comments

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

March 26, 2019

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

July 24, 2018

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