Government Databases

The Intercept: The Unusual Nonprofit That Helps ICE Spy on Wire Transfers

April 14, 2025
- Data Protection
- Government Databases
- Government Records & Privacy
- Intelligence Surveillance
- Location Tracking
- Surveillance Oversight
- Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance
- News
CNET: Is it Safe to Share Your Social Security Number? Experts Explain the Risks

April 11, 2025
- Consumer Privacy
- Cybersecurity
- Data Protection
- Data Security
- Government Databases
- News
PRESS RELEASE: Musk-Led DOGE Infiltrates FTC, Deepening Threat to Consumers, Kids, and Competition

April 4, 2025
- Data Protection
- Data Security
- Democracy & Free Speech
- Government Databases
- Government Records & Privacy
- Updates
EPIC’s Davisson Testifies in Congress on JFK Records Privacy Breach

April 1, 2025

The disclosure, which broke from normal screening procedures used by the National Archives, caused the release of hundreds of Social Security numbers of people named in the records who are still living.
- Freedom of Information Act
- Government Databases
- Open Government
- Updates
EPIC Testifies in Support of Maryland Bill Requiring Warrant to Access State Agency Data

March 25, 2025
- Government Databases
- Privacy Laws
- Surveillance Oversight
- U.S. State Privacy Laws
- Updates
PRESS RELEASE: Latest Executive Order Threatens to Shred Federal Privacy Protections, Hoard Personal Data for DOGE Use

March 21, 2025
- Data Protection
- Government Databases
- Government Records & Privacy
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates
POLITICO: The law everyone is suddenly turning to because of DOGE

March 6, 2025
- Data Protection
- Enforcement of Privacy Laws
- Government Databases
- Government Records & Privacy
- Privacy Laws
- U.S. Privacy Laws
- News
The Contrarian: DOGE Is Not Here to Help With Your Taxes

February 27, 2025
- Data Protection
- Government Databases
- Government Records & Privacy
- Open Government
- News
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
- Government Databases
- Government Records & Privacy
- Open Government
- Updates
ProPublica: In Breaking USAID, the Trump Administration May Have Broken the Law

February 11, 2025
- Data Protection
- Data Security
- Government Databases
- Government Records & Privacy
- Privacy Laws
- U.S. Privacy Laws
- News