Department of Justice

EPIC Urges DOJ to Clarify and Strengthen Proposed Rule on Preventing Access to U.S. Personal Data

November 27, 2024

On November 27, EPIC submitted comments in response to the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) notice of proposed rule making (NPRM) on Provisions Regarding Access to Americans’ Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and Government Related Data to Countries of Concern.

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Brokers

• Data Protection

• International Privacy

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates

EPIC Comments to DOJ on Provisions Pertaining to Preventing Access to U.S. Sensitive Personal Data and Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern or Covered Persons 

November 27, 2024

By notice published on October 29, 2024, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) requested comments regarding Preventing Access to U.S. Sensitive Personal Data and Government Related Data by Countries of Concern or Covered Persons

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Brokers

• Data Protection

• International Privacy

• Surveillance Oversight

• APA Comments

U.S. Sues TikTok for Significant Child Privacy Violations

August 8, 2024

This week the Department of Justice sued TikTok for “flagrantly violating” the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”), the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (“COPPA Rule”), and a FTC Consent Order from 2019 as a result of previous COPPA and FTC Act violations.

• Children's Privacy

• Data Protection

• Privacy Laws

• U.S. Privacy Laws

• Updates

EPIC Calls on the National Institute of Justice to Center Harm Prevention and Agency Oversight in Forthcoming Criminal Justice AI Report

May 28, 2024

Today, EPIC submitted comments to the Department of Justice’s National Institute of Justice (NIJ), urging the agency to rein in the harmful biases, inaccuracies, and abuses at the core of criminal justice AI systems.

• AI in the Criminal Justice System

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Face Surveillance & Biometrics

• Government AI Use

• Screening & Scoring

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates

EPIC Comments to DOJ Regarding ANPRM on Access to Americans’ Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and Government Related Data by Countries of Concern

April 22, 2024

The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) submits these comments in response to the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) on Provisions Regarding Access to Americans' Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern, published on March 5, 2024,1 which responds to President Biden’s Executive Order on Preventing Access to Americans’ Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern (EO 14117).2

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Brokers

• Data Protection

• Intelligence Surveillance

• International Privacy

• Location Tracking

• Surveillance Oversight

• APA Comments

Overview of EPIC’s Comments to DOJ and DHS on the use of facial recognition, other technologies using biometric information, and predictive algorithms.

March 8, 2024

EPIC submitted comments in response to DOJ and DHS’ Request for Written Submissions on Sec. 13e of Executive Order 14074 urging DOJ and DHS to center vulnerable communities as the agencies craft new guidance for law enforcement on certain advanced technologies. The proposed guidance will cover use of facial recognition, predictive policing technologies, social media surveillance tools, and DNA analysis. DOJ and DHS have a long and historied pattern of misuse and abuse of surveillance tools.

• Face Surveillance & Biometrics

• Intelligence Surveillance

• Privacy in Public

• Surveillance Oversight

• Analysis

EPIC Comments to the DOJ/DHS on Law Enforcement’s Use of FRT, Biometric, and Predictive Algorithms

January 23, 2024

The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) submits these comments in response to the 2023 Guidance for Written Comments released by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to inform a report to the President that assesses law enforcement agencies’ use of facial recognition technology, other technologies using biometric information, and predictive algorithms.

• Face Surveillance & Biometrics

• Surveillance Oversight

• APA Comments

DNA-Sample Collection From Immigration Detainees

November 12, 2019

• Surveillance Oversight

• Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance

• APA Comments

Department of Justice Insider Threat Database

June 30, 2017

• Surveillance Oversight

• APA Comments

EPIC v. DOJ – FBI: Wikileaks

April 18, 2012

Seeking records about the government's investigations of Wikileaks supporters, including records obtained from Internet and financial services companies.

• Freedom of Information Act

• Intelligence Surveillance

• Open Government

• Surveillance Oversight

• FOIA Cases