Face Surveillance & Biometrics

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

PRESS RELEASE: EPIC Statement on Oral Argument in Consequential Geofencing Case before the Supreme Court

April 27, 2026

• Face Surveillance & Biometrics

• Fourth Amendment

• Intelligence Surveillance

• Privacy in Public

• Privacy Laws

• Surveillance Oversight

• Press Releases

Schmidt v. Norfolk

April 21, 2026

• Anonymity

• Face Surveillance & Biometrics

• Privacy in Public

• Surveillance Oversight

• Amicus Briefs

EPIC Files Amicus Brief Arguing City’s Use of Flock ALPRs Violated Fourth Amendment

April 20, 2026

EPIC filed an amicus brief to the Fourth Circuit on April 20 in support of plaintiff-appellants in Schmidt v. City of Norfolk, who allege that the Virginia city of Norfolk’s use of Flock’s Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) system creates a warrantless mass surveillance program and constitutes an unreasonable search in violation of the Fourth Amendment. Plaintiffs appealed after the court dismissed the case in January.

• Anonymity

• Face Surveillance & Biometrics

• Location Tracking

• Privacy in Public

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates