Senate Committee on the Judiciary

EPIC Statement on the Introduction of the SAFE Act

March 14, 2024

Today, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced the Security and Freedom Enhancement Act (the SAFE Act), which would reauthorize and reform FISA Section 702, the government’s controversial warrantless surveillance authority.
- FISA Section 702
- Intelligence Surveillance
- Surveillance Oversight
- Statements
EPIC, Coalition of Civil Liberties Groups Urge Congress to Let FISA Section 702 Sunset Absent Significant Reform to the Government Surveillance Ecosystem

June 12, 2023

EPIC submitted individual and coalition statements ahead of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary's hearing on Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) and related intelligence authorities.
- FISA Section 702
- Intelligence Surveillance
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates
EPIC Letter to Senate Judiciary Committee re: Hearing on Oversight of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) and Related Surveillance Authorities

June 12, 2023
- FISA Section 702
- Intelligence Surveillance
- Surveillance Oversight
- Statements
EPIC Letter to Senate Judiciary Committee re: Nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court

March 21, 2022
- Article III Standing
- Consumer Privacy
- Fourth Amendment
- Freedom of Information Act
- Open Government
- Privacy Laws
- Statements
The EARN IT Act: Holding the Tech Industry Accountable in the Fight Against Online Child Sexual Exploitation

March 11, 2020
- Cybersecurity
- Democracy & Free Speech
- Encryption
- Online Harassment
- Testimony
Examining the Inspector General’s Report on Alleged Abuses of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

December 10, 2019
- Intelligence Surveillance
- Surveillance Oversight
- Testimony
Encryption and Lawful Access: Evaluating Benefits and Risks to Public Safety and Privacy

December 9, 2019
- Cybersecurity
- Encryption
- Testimony
Reauthorizing the USA FREEDOM Act of 2015

November 5, 2019
- Intelligence Surveillance
- PATRIOT Act
- Surveillance Oversight
- Testimony
How Corporations and Big Tech Leave Our Data Exposed to Criminals, China, and Other Bad Actors

November 4, 2019
- Cybersecurity
- Data Protection
- Data Security
- International Privacy
- Testimony
Competition in Digital Technology Markets: Examining Acquisitions of Nascent or Potential Competitors by Digital Platform

September 23, 2019
- Competition and Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- Testimony