Government Databases

EPIC and ACLU Encourage NIST to Advance Privacy and Equity in Digital Identity Guidelines

October 9, 2024

This week EPIC and the ACLU submitted joint comments urging the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to center equity, accessibility, and privacy in the Second Draft of its Digital Identity Guidelines.

• Cybersecurity

• Data Security

• Government Databases

• Platform Accountability & Governance

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates

Comments of EPIC to PCLOB AI in Counterterrorism July 2024

July 3, 2024

The Electronic Privacy Information Center (“EPIC”) submits these comments in response to the 2024 Request for Public Comment on the Role of Artificial Intelligence in Counterterrorism released by the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (“PCLOB”) on May 23, 2024.

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Face Surveillance & Biometrics

• Government AI Use

• Government Databases

• Intelligence Surveillance

• Surveillance Oversight

• Comments

EPIC Urges GSA to Minimize Use of SSNs, Limit Unnecessary Fraud Prevention Practices on Login.gov

June 13, 2024

EPIC urged the GSA to prioritize privacy, limit use of fraud controls to strictly necessary applications, and more aggressively protect SSNs on the government's single-sign-on service Login.gov.

• Government Databases

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates

EPIC Comments to GSA on Login.gov SORN

June 13, 2024

EPIC urged GSA to prioritize privacy and minimize disclosure of SSNs in

• Face Surveillance & Biometrics

• Government Databases

• Surveillance Oversight

• APA Comments

EPIC, Coalition Call on OMB to Make Privacy Impact Assessments Work

April 2, 2024

EPIC submitted comments on our own and joined a coalition of groups urging OMB to update guidance to make PIAs work to protect privacy.

• Government Databases

• Open Government

• Privacy Impact Assessments

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates

Comments of EPIC to OMB on Privacy Impact Assessments

April 2, 2024

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Government AI Use

• Government Databases

• Open Government

• Privacy Impact Assessments

• Surveillance Oversight

• APA Comments

Coalition Comment to OMB on Privacy Impact Assessments

April 2, 2024

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Government AI Use

• Government Databases

• Open Government

• Privacy Impact Assessments

• Surveillance Oversight

• APA Comments

Here Comes the Sun(shine Week): Celebrating Some EPIC Open Government Wins

March 14, 2024

In celebration of Sunshine Week, EPIC is highlighting some open government successes from the past year.

• Access to Information

• AI Policy

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Democracy & Free Speech

• Freedom of Information Act

• Government AI Use

• Government Databases

• Intelligence Surveillance

• Open Government

• Privacy Impact Assessments

• Surveillance Oversight

• Analysis

DHS Releases Data Mining Report After EPIC FOIA Request

January 2, 2024

DHS publicly released the 2021 Data Mining Report after EPIC submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request in June 2023 seeking the “2020 DHS Data Mining Report and all subsequent DHS data mining reports.”

• Freedom of Information Act

• Government Databases

• Open Government

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates

Truthout: Senator’s Letter Exposes Disturbing Extent of Phone Surveillance Program 

November 22, 2023

• Government Databases

• Surveillance Oversight

• News