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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EPIC Statement on NDAA Senate Amendment 218 regarding privacy for Members of Congress and their families

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Brokers

• Privacy Laws

• Proposed U.S. Legislation

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EPIC Letter to Senate Judiciary Committee re: Hearing on Oversight of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) and Related Surveillance Authorities

• FISA Section 702

• Intelligence Surveillance

• Surveillance Oversight

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EPIC Statement re: Data Privacy Act of 2023

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Brokers

• Privacy Laws

• Proposed U.S. Legislation

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EPIC Statement on Chairman McHenry Financial Data Privacy bill

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Brokers

• Privacy Laws

• Proposed U.S. Legislation

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