Face Surveillance & Biometrics

FedScoop: Customs and Border Protection is expanding its use of biometric iris recognition

December 3, 2024

• Face Surveillance & Biometrics

• Surveillance Oversight

• News

Senators Call on DHS to Investigate TSA’s use of Facial Recognition

November 21, 2024

• Face Surveillance & Biometrics

• Surveillance Oversight

• Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance

• Updates

MIT Technology Review: Inside Clear’s ambitions to manage your identity beyond the airport

November 20, 2024

• Face Surveillance & Biometrics

• Surveillance Oversight

• Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance

• News

EPIC Comments to CBP on Biometric Identity

October 29, 2024

EPIC submits these comments opposing CBP's revision and extension of this information collection, particularly the use of facial recognition technology.

• Face Surveillance & Biometrics

• Surveillance Oversight

• Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance

• APA Comments

EPIC Urges CBP to Pause its Expansion of Facial Recognition at the Border 

October 28, 2024

This afternoon, EPIC submitted comments to Customs & Border Patrol (CBP) urging it to refrain from expanding the use of facial recognition technology as part of its Biometric Entry-Exit (BE-E) Program.

• Face Surveillance & Biometrics

• Surveillance Oversight

• Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance

• Updates

EPIC, Coalition Offer Recommendations to Strengthen Surveillance Technology Export Regulations

October 18, 2024

EPIC joined several other organizations in comments on the U.S. Commerce Department’s proposed rule to strengthen surveillance technology export regulations.

• Face Surveillance & Biometrics

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates

Civil Rights Commission Releases Report on the Federal Government’s Use of Facial Recognition Technology

September 21, 2024

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights released the report The Civil Rights Implications of the Federal Use of Facial Recognition this week. The report detailed some of the risks of the federal government’s unfettered use of facial recognition technology.

• Face Surveillance & Biometrics

• Privacy in Public

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates

The Department of Transportation’s Underused Privacy Authority

September 9, 2024

Due to the rise of invasive airline data practices and facial recognition technology at airport gates, EPIC strongly encourages the DOT to use its unfair and deceptive enforcement authority to address harmful privacy practices.

• Consumer Privacy

• Face Surveillance & Biometrics

• Surveillance Oversight

• Analysis

The Baltimore Sun: ACLU calls for safeguards in Maryland policy governing police use of facial recognition technology

August 27, 2024

• Face Surveillance & Biometrics

• Surveillance Oversight

• News

Wristwatched: A New Frontier of Health Monitoring in Prisons

August 22, 2024

For over two decades, states have used electronic monitoring, or e-monitoring, to track and limit the movements of individuals on parole or pre-trial through wearable technology.

• Data Protection

• Face Surveillance & Biometrics

• Health and Reproductive Privacy

• Surveillance Oversight

• Analysis