Press Releases

PRESS RELEASE: Coalition Challenges Dramatic Data Privacy Changes to Federal Assistance Program

August 3, 2026

• Data Protection

• Government Databases

• Government Records & Privacy

• Privacy Laws

• U.S. Privacy Laws

• Press Releases

PRESS RELEASE: Challenge to DOGE’s Unlawful Seizure of Payment System Data Advances

July 30, 2026

• Data Protection

• Government Databases

• Government Records & Privacy

• U.S. Privacy Laws

• Press Releases

PRESS RELEASE: Privacy Rights Advocates Challenge Trump-Vance Administration’s Secret Tracking of People Exercising their First Amendment Rights

July 24, 2026

• Data Protection

• Democracy & Free Speech

• Fighting Federal Data Abuses

• Government Databases

• Government Records & Privacy

• Location Tracking

• Surveillance Oversight

• Press Releases

PRESS RELEASE: EPIC and the National Institute for Workers’ Rights Release White Paper on Algorithmic Unionbusting

July 21, 2026

Washington, D.C. — Today, EPIC and the National Institute for Workers' Rights (NIWR) released a white paper titled Who's Got the Power? Restoring Worker Power in the Age of Algorithmic Unionbusting, documenting how employers increasingly use surveillance technologies, algorithmic management systems, and vast stores of worker data to identify, monitor, and interfere with workers seeking to organize.

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Data Protection

• Privacy Laws

• Risk Assessments

• Worker Privacy

• Press Releases

PRESS RELEASE: Coalition Asks Federal Court to Enforce Landmark Ruling Blocking Unlawful SAVE System

July 16, 2026

Washington, D.C. —Plaintiffs in League of Women Voters v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security are asking the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia to enforce its landmark June 22 judgment ordering the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) system dismantled, after the Trump-Vance administration continued restoring portions of the unlawful system.

• Fighting Federal Data Abuses

• Government Databases

• Government Records & Privacy

• U.S. Privacy Laws

• Press Releases

PRESS RELEASE: Federal Court Rejects Trump-Vance Administration’s Bid to Pause Ruling Blocking Unlawful SAVE System

July 10, 2026

Washington, D.C. — A federal court has rejected the Trump-Vance administration's request to pause a landmark ruling blocking its unlawful expansion of the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) program, allowing the decision to remain in effect while the case proceeds.

• Data Protection

• Fighting Federal Data Abuses

• Government Databases

• Government Records & Privacy

• Press Releases

PRESS RELEASE: EPIC Applauds Introduction of Privacy-Centered Federal Chatbot Bill

July 10, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last night, federal lawmakers introduced the People-First Chatbot Act, a clear framework to make chatbots safer for everyone and address the harms caused by AI chatbots that were rushed into the public’s hands with little oversight or transparency. EPIC applauds Reps. Valerie Foushee and Greg Casar for sponsoring this important bill. 

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Chatbots

• Proposed U.S. Legislation

• Press Releases

PRESS RELEASE: EPIC Applauds Passage of the New Jersey Kids Code Act

June 30, 2026

Washington, D.C. — Today, the New Jersey legislature passed the New Jersey Kids Code ActNew Jersey Kids Code Act, which prohibits online companies from engaging in data and design practices that harm minors online. The bill now advances to the desk of Gov. Mikie Sherrill. 

• Children's Privacy

• Platform Accountability & Governance

• Platform Governance Laws & Regulations

• Press Releases

PRESS RELEASE: Four Leading Privacy Experts and Advocates Join EPIC’s Advisory Board

June 30, 2026

Washington DC – Today, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) announced the addition of four new members to its Advisory Board. Since its establishment, EPIC’s work has been informed by the expertise of leading scholars, experts, and advocates in the fields of privacy, technology policy, and digital rights. We are excited to see the expansion of this group today.

• Press Releases

PRESS RELEASE: EPIC Celebrates Supreme Court’s Opinion in Consequential Geofencing Case

June 29, 2026

The Supreme Court ruled today that geofence searches violate a reasonable expectation of privacy under the Fourth Amendment.

• Face Surveillance & Biometrics

• Fourth Amendment

• Intelligence Surveillance

• Privacy in Public

• Privacy Laws

• Surveillance Oversight

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