Statements

  • EPIC Statement on President Trump’s Attempt to Fire FTC Commissioners

    March 18, 2025

    “The Federal Trade Commission has worked to protect consumers for more than 100 years. President Trump’s illegal attempt to fire independent commissioners is an affront to the rule of law and makes all Americans less safe,” said EPIC Executive Director Alan Butler. 

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Data Protection

    • Statements

  • Joint Statement: Within Bounds: Limiting AI’s Environmental Impact

    February 6, 2025

    Joint statement from civil society for the AI Action Summit Signed by over 100 organizations. If you share our concerns and demands that AI systems be made compatible with our planetary boundaries, and are a civil society organization, can you can sign on here.

    • AI Policy

    • Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

    • Statements

  • EPIC Statement on Veto of Vermont Data Privacy Act

    June 14, 2024

    • Privacy Laws

    • U.S. State Privacy Laws

    • Statements

  • EPIC Statement on Final Passage of Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act (RISAA)

    April 22, 2024

    On Friday, the Senate passed the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act (RISAA), H.R. 7888, which reauthorizes and expands FISA Section 702 for a period of two years.

    • FISA Section 702

    • Intelligence Surveillance

    • Surveillance Oversight

    • Statements

  • EPIC Statement on House Passage of Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act

    April 17, 2024

    Today, the House passed the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act, H.R.4639, which would prohibit intelligence agencies and law enforcement from purchasing Americans’ data without a warrant.

    • Fourth Amendment

    • Intelligence Surveillance

    • Privacy Laws

    • Surveillance Oversight

    • U.S. Privacy Laws

    • Statements

  • EPIC Statement on House Passage of RISAA

    April 12, 2024

    Today, the House voted 273-147 to pass the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act (RISAA) (H.R.7888), House leadership’s “compromise” bill to reauthorize FISA Section 702.

    • FISA Section 702

    • Intelligence Surveillance

    • Surveillance Oversight

    • Statements

  • EPIC Statement on Failed Rules Vote on RISAA

    April 10, 2024

    Today, the House voted down a rule that would have brought the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act (RISAA) (H.R.7888), House leadership’s “compromise” bill to reauthorize FISA Section 702, to the House floor tomorrow. This comes after House leadership amended the bill’s base text to exclude a previously agreed-upon amendment to prevent law enforcement and intelligence agencies from purchasing Americans’ sensitive data.

    • FISA Section 702

    • Intelligence Surveillance

    • Surveillance Oversight

    • Statements

  • 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 Statement on New WIRED Report on Section 702

    March 12, 2024

    Today, WIRED reported that HPSCI Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH) invoked the need to search for American protesters’ communications during a briefing on the need to reauthorize Section 702, a controversial and sweeping warrantless surveillance authority.

    • FISA Section 702

    • Surveillance Oversight

    • Statements

  • EPIC Statement on Biden Executive Order on Sensitive Personal Data Exports

    February 28, 2024

    Today, the Biden-Harris Administration issued an Executive Order seeking to protect Americans’ sensitive personal data by preventing the large-scale transfer of that data to “countries of concern” and creating other safeguards for these countries’ access to that data in other circumstances.

    • Data Protection

    • Statements