Defeating the DOGE

Defeating the DOGE: EPIC’s Campaign to Repel the Administration’s Attack on Our Privacy

June 27, 2025

• Defeating the DOGE

• Government Databases

Trump Administration Backs Off Illegal Demand for SNAP Data

June 3, 2025

The reversal comes in response to a lawsuit filed by SNAP recipients, MAZON, and EPIC.

• Data Protection

• Defeating the DOGE

• Government Databases

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates

Coalition Asks Court to Block USDA’s Collection of Personal SNAP Data

May 28, 2025

A coalition of students, SNAP recipients, MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger, and EPIC sought a temporary restraining order Tuesday to block the U.S. Department of Agriculture from unlawfully acquiring the personal data of millions of SNAP recipients.

• Data Protection

• Defeating the DOGE

• Government Databases

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates

Comments of EPIC to Congresswoman Lori Trahan on Efforts to Reform Privacy Act of 1974 and Protect Americans’ Data from Government Abuse

May 7, 2025

The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) submits these comments in response to Congresswoman Lori Trahan’s March 18, 2025, request for information on modernizing the Privacy Act of 1974. EPIC strongly supports amending the Act to limit its disclosure exceptions, to establish standards for personnel that handle systems of records, and to address the risks posed by emerging technologies. EPIC further stresses that Congress must ensure that agencies are adequately funded and staffed to implement privacy protections for decades to come.

• Data Protection

• Defeating the DOGE

• Government Databases

• Government Records & Privacy

• Privacy Laws

• Surveillance Oversight

• U.S. Privacy Laws

• Comments

EPIC Launches Second Investigation Into Government Surveillance of Federal Workers 

May 2, 2025

This week, EPIC filed FOIA requests investigating the federal government's alleged surveillance of civil servant communications.

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Defeating the DOGE

• Surveillance Oversight

• Workplace Privacy

• Updates

Trump Administration’s Attacks on the CFPB Threaten Privacy, Data Security, and the Stability of the Financial Industry

March 7, 2025

Since its founding in 2011, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been a champion for consumers in the financial services industry. The Bureau has returned over $21 billion to consumers in its 14 years of operation. Yet the Trump Administration has launched a full-scale attack on the CFPB over the past month, putting the Project 2025 goal of eliminating the CFPB into action.

• Consumer Privacy

• Cybersecurity

• Data Brokers

• Data Protection

• Data Security

• Defeating the DOGE

• Government Records & Privacy

• Privacy Laws

• U.S. Privacy Laws

• Analysis

EPIC v. OPM (Information Security Violations)

March 3, 2025

• Data Protection

• Defeating the DOGE

• Freedom of Information Act

• Government Records & Privacy

• Open Government

• Surveillance Oversight

• FOIA Cases

Court Declines (For Now) EPIC’s Call to Block DOGE Access to Personal Data at Treasury & OPM

February 24, 2025

A federal court in Virginia declined Friday to temporarily halt access by the “Department of Government Efficiency” to vast databases of personal data at the Treasury Department and Office of Personnel Management, denying a motion by EPIC and an anonymous government worker to enter a temporary restraining order.  

• Data Protection

• Data Security

• Defeating the DOGE

• Government Databases

• Government Records & Privacy

• Open Government

• Updates

PRESS RELEASE: EPIC, Democracy Forward, and Federal Worker Sue DOGE for Illegal Seizure of Personal Data From Treasury, Personnel Systems

February 10, 2025

EPIC, Democracy Forward, and a federal worker filed suit today against the so-called “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) over its illegal seizure of personnel records and payment system data—actions which constitute the largest data breach in American history

• Data Protection

• Data Security

• Defeating the DOGE

• Government Databases

• Government Records & Privacy

• Open Government

• Updates