Statements

EPIC Statement on the Introduction of the Traveler Privacy Protection Act

Today, Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and John Kennedy (R-LA) introduced the Traveler Privacy Protection Act, which would prohibit the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) from using facial recognition.

• Face Surveillance & Biometrics

• Surveillance Oversight

• Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance

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EPIC Statement on the Mass Surveillance Program Known as Data Analytical Services

EPIC released the following statements following Wired’s story revealing new details about the Drug Enforcement Agency’s Hemisphere program, now known as Data Analytical Services (DAS):

• FISA Section 702

• Government Databases

• Intelligence Surveillance

• Surveillance Oversight

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EPIC Statement on the Introduction of the Government Surveillance Reform Act (GSRA)

Today, Senators Ron Wyden and Mike Lee, as well as Representatives Warren Davidson and Zoe Lofgren, introduced the Government Surveillance Reform Act (GSRA), a sweeping bipartisan, bicameral bill that would rein in the growing ecosystem of warrantless government surveillance authorities as part of reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which is due to expire on December 31. 

• FISA Section 702

• Intelligence Surveillance

• Surveillance Oversight

• Statements

EPIC, Coalition Statement on PCLOB 702 Report

Today, the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) issued its long-awaited report on Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The report, endorsed by a majority of the Board’s members, sheds new light on abuses over the past few years, revealing that, “[i]n the reporting period covering November 2020 to December 2021, non-compliant queries related to civil unrest numbered in the tens of thousands.”

• FISA Section 702

• Intelligence Surveillance

• Surveillance Oversight

• Statements

EPIC, Coalition Statement Following Meeting with DNI Haines, Senior Intelligence Community Officials

Over a dozen privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties groups from across the political spectrum met yesterday with Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Avril Haines and other high ranking intelligence community officials to discuss Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA 702), and connected surveillance issues such as data purchases and surveillance pursuant to Executive Order 12333.

• FISA Section 702

• Intelligence Surveillance

• Surveillance Oversight

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EPIC Statement on Adalytics YouTube Advertising Report

• Children's Privacy

• Data Protection

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EPIC Statement on Privacy Risks of Worldcoin

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EPIC Statement on White House Agreement with AI Companies

• AI Policy

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

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EPIC Statement on Reintroduction of Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act

On July 19, the House Judiciary Committee will mark up the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act, which would prohibit intelligence agencies and law enforcement from purchasing Americans’ data without a warrant, thus closing a loophole in Fourth Amendment protections.

• Intelligence Surveillance

• Privacy Laws

• Proposed U.S. Legislation

• Surveillance Oversight

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EPIC Statement on Adoption of Davidson-Jacobs NDAA Amendment Closing Data Broker Loophole at DOD

The bipartisan amendment—endorsed by EPIC and over forty other organizations—prohibits the Department of Defense from purchasing data protected by the Fourth Amendment, such as location information and internet records.

• Intelligence Surveillance

• Surveillance Oversight

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