Privacy Cases

  • NACA v. RentGrow

    October 4, 2024

    Challenging the unfair and deceptive practices of tenant screening company RentGrow's automated tenant screening reports

    • Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

    • Commercial AI Use

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Government AI Use

    • Screening & Scoring

    • Privacy Cases

  • EPIC v. U.S. Postal Service

    August 9, 2021

    Seeking to stop the U.S. Postal Service's law enforcement arm from using facial recognition and social media monitoring tools.

    • Face Surveillance & Biometrics

    • Open Government

    • Privacy Impact Assessments

    • Surveillance Oversight

    • Privacy Cases

  • EPIC v. Commerce (Census Privacy)

    January 15, 2019

    Seeking to block the unlawful collection of personal data concerning citizenship status via the 2020 Census

    • Census Privacy

    • Democracy & Free Speech

    • Privacy Cases

  • EPIC v. AccuWeather

    March 30, 2018

    Challenging the unlawful collection, use, and disclosure of personal location data by AccuWeather through its mobile iOS App

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Data Protection

    • Location Tracking

    • Privacy Cases

  • EPIC v. Presidential Election Commission

    July 4, 2017

    Challenging the unlawful collection of all Americans' personal voter data

    • Data Protection

    • Democracy & Free Speech

    • Government Records & Privacy

    • Voter Privacy

    • Privacy Cases

  • EPIC v. FAA

    March 31, 2015

    Challenging the FAA's Failure to Establish Drone Privacy Rules

    • Drones & Aerial Surveillance

    • Freedom of Information Act

    • Open Government

    • Surveillance Oversight

    • Privacy Cases

  • In re EPIC – NSA Telephone Records Surveillance

    July 3, 2013

    Petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court to Halt NSA Surveillance of Domestic Telephone Calls

    • Intelligence Surveillance

    • PATRIOT Act

    • Surveillance Oversight

    • Privacy Cases

  • EPIC v. The U.S. Department of Education

    March 5, 2012

    Challenging the Department of Education's Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) 2011 Regulations

    • Data Protection

    • Student Privacy

    • Privacy Cases

  • EPIC v. FTC (Enforcement of the Google Consent Order)

    February 9, 2012

    Lawsuit to compel the FTC to enforce a Google consent order and to block Google's proposed consolidation of user data

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Data Protection

    • Enforcement of Privacy Laws

    • Privacy Cases

  • EPIC v. DHS (Suspension of Body Scanner Program)

    July 21, 2010

    Challenge to the use of Body Scanners by the TSA

    • Surveillance Oversight

    • Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance

    • Privacy Cases