Updates
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USDA Sued for Illegally Demanding the Personal Information of Millions of SNAP Beneficiaries From States
May 22, 2025
Washington, D.C. (May 22, 2025) — Students, SNAP recipients, MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger, and the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) filed a complaint in federal court today challenging a demand from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for states and third-party vendors to turn over the personal data of tens of millions of Americans who receive help buying food through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
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Data Protection
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Government Databases
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Open Government
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Surveillance Oversight
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Updates
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EPIC Joins Over 140 Organizations in Opposing Ban on State AI Regulation
May 21, 2025
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AI Policy
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Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
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Privacy Laws
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U.S. State Privacy Laws
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Updates
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EPIC Asks Third Circuit to Recognize that Not All Data Protection Laws are Unconstitutional
May 21, 2025
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Consumer Privacy
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Data Brokers
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Data Protection
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Privacy Laws
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The First Amendment
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U.S. State Privacy Laws
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Updates
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PRESS RELEASE: Advocates and child development experts urge Google to halt Gemini AI chatbot rollout to young children, request FTC investigation
May 21, 2025
A broad coalition led by Fairplay and EPIC is launching a campaign today to stop Google’s rollout of the Gemini AI companion to young children.
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Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
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Children's Privacy
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Commercial AI Use
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Data Protection
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Enforcement of Privacy Laws
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Updates
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EPIC Executive Director Testifies in House Hearing on Breach of Trust: Surveillance in Private Spaces
May 20, 2025
EPIC Executive Director Alan Butler will testify today before the House Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation Subcommittee in a hearing entitled: “Breach of Trust: Surveillance in Private Spaces.”
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EPIC, Coalition Urge Congress to Include Privacy and Civil Liberties Protections In Any Future Counter-Drone Authority Legislation
May 20, 2025
EPIC, the Center for Democracy & Technology, Electronic Frontier Foundation, and the American Civil Liberties Union submitted a joint statement ahead of today’s Senate Hearing
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Drones & Aerial Surveillance
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Surveillance Oversight
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The First Amendment
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Updates
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EPIC Joins Protect Democracy’s Call to Resist Federal Heist of Sensitive SNAP Data
May 14, 2025
As the letter warns, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s demand for beneficiary data is a brazen violation of the Privacy Act, the E-Government Act, and other legal safeguards that protect our personal data.
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Data Protection
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Democracy & Free Speech
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Government Records & Privacy
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Updates
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Massachusetts Senate Committee Approves Robust Comprehensive Privacy Law
May 14, 2025
The Senate members of the Joint Committee on Advanced IT, Cybsecurity, and the Internet have given a favorable report to a redrafted version of the Massachusetts Data Privacy Act ("MDPA"). If enacted, MDPA would be the strongest state privacy law in the nation.
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Consumer Privacy
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Data Minimization
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Privacy Laws
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U.S. State Privacy Laws
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Updates
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EPIC Opposes House Proposal to Ban States from Regulating AI
May 12, 2025
The House Energy and Commerce Committee’s budget reconciliation text includes dangerous provisions on artificial intelligence that would allocate $500 million to federal government spending on AI and preempt state AI legislation for the next 10 years.
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AI Policy
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Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
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Privacy Laws
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U.S. State Privacy Laws
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Updates
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PCLOB Staff Report Recommends TSA’s Facial Recognition Program Remain Voluntary, Improve Transparency and Oversight
May 10, 2025
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Face Surveillance & Biometrics
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Surveillance Oversight
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Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance
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Updates
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