National Institute of Standards and Technology

EPIC and ACLU Encourage NIST to Advance Privacy and Equity in Digital Identity Guidelines

October 9, 2024

This week EPIC and the ACLU submitted joint comments urging the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to center equity, accessibility, and privacy in the Second Draft of its Digital Identity Guidelines.

• Cybersecurity

• Data Security

• Government Databases

• Platform Accountability & Governance

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates

EPIC Comments to NIST on Managing the Risks of Misuse with AI Foundation Models

September 11, 2024

• AI Policy

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Commercial AI Use

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Brokers

• Web Scraping

• APA Comments

EPIC Pushes NIST to Focus its Approach to Generative AI Risks Around Who and How AI Harms

June 4, 2024

This past weekend, EPIC submitted comments to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) with feedback on three draft documents the agency has produced in response to President Biden’s AI Executive Order, including additional recommendations on generative AI risk classification, AI transparency, and stakeholder engagement.

• AI Policy

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Commercial AI Use

• Government AI Use

• Updates

EPIC Urges NIST to Center AI Transparency and Data Minimization in AI Risk Management Following Biden Executive Order

February 2, 2024

oday, EPIC submitted comments to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) commending their efforts to develop additional AI risk management resources pursuant to President Biden’s AI Executive Order and recommending additional guidance around AI transparency, accountability, and data controls to mitigate the risks of both generative and non-generative AI.

• AI Policy

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Commercial AI Use

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Minimization

• Screening & Scoring

• Updates

EPIC and ACLU Comments on NIST’s 2023 Digital Identity Draft Guidelines

April 17, 2023

Comments of EPIC and the ACLU urging NIST to modify their guidelines on digital identity to reduce collection of biometrics and social security numbers, investigate W3C Verifiable Credentials, limit use of fraud prevention tools, and address equity.

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Data Protection

• Government AI Use

• Government Records & Privacy

• APA Comments

EPIC Urges NIST to Emphasize Differential Privacy in Paper on De-Identifying Government Data Sets

January 17, 2023

• Data Protection

• Updates

EPIC Comments on NIST De-Identifying Government Data Sets Paper (3rd Draft)

January 17, 2023

• Data Protection

• APA Comments

EPIC Comments: National Institute of Standards and Technology AI Risk Management Framework

September 29, 2022

• AI Policy

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Commercial AI Use

• Government AI Use

• APA Comments

EPIC Comments to NIST on Advancing a More Productive Tech Economy

February 18, 2022

• AI Policy

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Commercial AI Use

• Drones & Aerial Surveillance

• Fourth Amendment

• Proposed U.S. Legislation

• Surveillance Oversight

• APA Comments

Regarding the Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework

August 19, 2021

• AI Policy

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Government AI Use

• Screening & Scoring

• APA Comments