Face Surveillance & Biometrics

Protecting Privacy Through Stronger Procurement Policy: How Maine Could Pioneer a Better Approach to Technology Procurement 

September 3, 2026

The state’s aging population combined with its privacy-minded yet technology-forward philosophy makes it uniquely situated to address procurement oversight.

• AI Policy

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Data Protection

• Face Surveillance & Biometrics

• Government AI Use

• Government Records & Privacy

• Location Tracking

• Privacy Laws

• Surveillance Oversight

• U.S. State Privacy Laws

• Analysis

In New Jersey, Fair Trials Demand Facial Recognition Disclosure. What About the Rest of Us?

August 26, 2026

This past June, the New Jersey Supreme Court announced in State v. Miles that the state must disclose any use of facial recognition in its investigation and provide information about how the technology was leveraged to prosecute the defendant. Courts and legislators should expand on this important decision.

• AI in Law Enforcement

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Face Surveillance & Biometrics

• Surveillance Oversight

• Analysis

EPIC v. Mullin

July 28, 2026

A lawsuit challenging DHS’s unlawful collection and misuse of records describing the First Amendment activity of legal observers and protesters

• Democracy & Free Speech

• Face Surveillance & Biometrics

• Fighting Federal Data Abuses

• Government Databases

• Privacy Laws

• Surveillance Oversight

• The First Amendment

• U.S. Privacy Laws

• Privacy Cases

Who’s Got the Power? Restoring Worker Power in the Age of Algorithmic Unionbusting

July 21, 2026

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Communications Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Protection

• Face Surveillance & Biometrics

• Worker Privacy

• Publications

PRESS RELEASE: EPIC Celebrates Supreme Court’s Opinion in Consequential Geofencing Case

June 29, 2026

The Supreme Court ruled today that geofence searches violate a reasonable expectation of privacy under the Fourth Amendment.

• Face Surveillance & Biometrics

• Fourth Amendment

• Intelligence Surveillance

• Privacy in Public

• Privacy Laws

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates

PRESS RELEASE: EPIC Celebrates Supreme Court’s Opinion in Consequential Geofencing Case

June 29, 2026

The Supreme Court ruled today that geofence searches violate a reasonable expectation of privacy under the Fourth Amendment.

• Face Surveillance & Biometrics

• Fourth Amendment

• Intelligence Surveillance

• Privacy in Public

• Privacy Laws

• Surveillance Oversight

• Press Releases

New Jersey Court Rules State Must Disclose Facial Recognition Use in Criminal Cases

June 24, 2026

On Wednesday, the New Jersey Supreme Court unanimously ruled that in criminal cases, the state must disclose any use of facial recognition tech (FRT) in its investigation and how it was leveraged to prosecute the defendant. 

• AI in Law Enforcement

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Face Surveillance & Biometrics

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates

EPIC Endorses Federal Bills Barring Worker Surveillance, Automated Workplace Decisions

June 18, 2026

On Thursday, EPIC endorsed two key worker privacy bills introduced by Democratic Sens. Ed Markey, Brian Schatz, and Cory Booker: the No Robot Bosses Act and the Stop Spying Bosses Act.

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Data Protection

• Face Surveillance & Biometrics

• Worker Privacy

• Updates

EPIC joins 340+ groups urging Congress to vote NO on additional ICE, CBP funds

April 28, 2026

On Tuesday, EPIC joined a group of more than 340 organizations led by the National Immigration Law Center to call on Congress to vote no on the upcoming budget resolution. 

• Anonymity

• Drones & Aerial Surveillance

• Face Surveillance & Biometrics

• Fighting Federal Data Abuses

• Location Tracking

• Privacy in Public

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates

St. Louis Public Radio: Two St. Charles County police departments on the verge of launching new drone response

April 27, 2026

• Drones & Aerial Surveillance

• Face Surveillance & Biometrics

• Intelligence Surveillance

• Privacy in Public

• Surveillance Oversight

• News