Press Releases

PRESS RELEASE: Appeals Court Rejects Trump Administration Effort to Reinstate SAVE Voter Purge Database

September 5, 2026

A federal appeals court has rejected the Trump administration’s request to pause a lower court ruling blocking its illegal expansion of the Systematic Alien Verification Entitlements (SAVE) database, and the government may not use the unreliable system for mass voter purges ahead of the midterm elections.

• Democracy & Free Speech

• Government Databases

• Surveillance Oversight

• Press Releases

PRESS RELEASE: EPIC Commends Delaware for Strengthening Privacy Law, Strictly Protecting Sensitive Data 

September 2, 2026

Today, Delaware Governor Matt Meyer signed a law to strengthen the state’s privacy law and provide more robust protections for Delawareans’ personal data. 

• Privacy Laws

• U.S. State Privacy Laws

• Press Releases

PRESS RELEASE: EPIC and CFA Publish New Resource: Explaining Surveillance Pricing and Other Data-Driven Pricing Practices

August 20, 2026

• Consumer Privacy

• Surveillance Pricing

• Press Releases

EPIC, Advocates Celebrate As New Jersey Signs Nation-Leading Kids’ Online Safety Bills Into Law

August 11, 2026

JERSEY CITY, N.J. — EPIC and New Jersey Kids Code Coalition advocates celebrated as Governor Mikie Sherrill signed the landmark New Jersey Kids Code into law alongside bills to create social media mental health warning labels and a new state social media research observatory, applauding the Governor, legislative leaders, and community advocates who championed youth online safety.

• Children's Privacy

• Data Protection

• Platform Accountability & Governance

• Platform Governance Laws & Regulations

• Social Media Privacy

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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

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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