Government Records & Privacy

  • EPIC Encourages FinCEN to Center Privacy and Data Security in Consumer Identification Methods

    May 29, 2024

    Yesterday EPIC submitted comments urging the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) to require strong privacy and security protections in their Consumer Identification Program (CIP) Rule that governs how banks obtain full Social Security Numbers (SSN) from third-party verifiers when a consumer opens an account or applies for a credit card.

    • Big Data

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Cybersecurity

    • Data Brokers

    • Data Protection

    • Data Security

    • Government Records & Privacy

    • Updates

  • Generating Harms

    May 14, 2024

    • Access to Information

    • AI in the Criminal Justice System

    • AI Policy

    • Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

    • Big Data

    • Children's Privacy

    • Commercial AI Use

    • Communications Privacy

    • Competition and Privacy

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Cybersecurity

    • Data Brokers

    • Data Protection

    • Data Security

    • Democracy & Free Speech

    • Election Security

    • Enforcement of Privacy Laws

    • Government AI Use

    • Government Records & Privacy

    • Health Privacy

    • International Privacy

    • International Privacy Laws

    • Online Harassment

    • Privacy Laws

    • Proposed U.S. Legislation

    • Robocalls

    • Screening & Scoring

    • Social Media Privacy

    • Student Privacy

    • U.S. Privacy Laws

    • U.S. State Privacy Laws

    • Web Scraping

    • Workplace Privacy

  • OMB Finalizes Long-Awaited Guidance on Federal AI Use

    March 28, 2024

    Today, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released its final guidance on AI governance, innovation, and risk management within federal agencies.

    • AI Policy

    • Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

    • Data Protection

    • Government AI Use

    • Government Records & Privacy

    • Screening & Scoring

    • Updates

  • MediaPost: FTC Prohibits Data Broker From Selling Sensitive Location Information 

    January 9, 2024

    • Data Protection

    • Government Records & Privacy

    • Location Tracking

    • News

  • OMB Publishes Draft Guidance Implementing Procedural Requirements for Agencies Developing, Using, and Procuring AI

    November 1, 2023

    The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released draft guidance outlining federal agencies’ obligations and suggested actions around the responsible development, use, and procurement of AI technologies. The OMB guidance establishes new agency roles and resources for managing government AI systems; requires agencies to build internal processes, strategies, and capacity to increase their use and procurement of responsible AI; and sets out minimum AI risk management practices that most executive agencies are expected to follow.

    • Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

    • Data Protection

    • Government AI Use

    • Government Databases

    • Government Records & Privacy

    • Surveillance Oversight

    • Updates

  • Outsourced & Automated

    September 14, 2023

    • Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Data Brokers

    • Data Protection

    • Government AI Use

    • Government Records & Privacy

    • Screening & Scoring

  • EPIC and ACLU Comments on NIST’s 2023 Digital Identity Draft Guidelines

    April 17, 2023

    Comments of EPIC and the ACLU urging NIST to modify their guidelines on digital identity to reduce collection of biometrics and social security numbers, investigate W3C Verifiable Credentials, limit use of fraud prevention tools, and address equity.

    • Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

    • Data Protection

    • Government AI Use

    • Government Records & Privacy

    • APA Comments

  • National Bureau of Economic Research: Annual Report of Awards to NBER Affiliates, Spring 2023

    March 31, 2023

    • Census Privacy

    • Data Protection

    • Democracy & Free Speech

    • Government Records & Privacy

    • News

  • Comments of EPIC to OSTP on Digital Assets Request for Information

    March 3, 2023

    EPIC's comments to the White House OSTP advocating for research into a token-based intermediated central bank digital currency, fully anonymous digital cash, and fully anonymous credentials.

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Data Brokers

    • Data Protection

    • Government Records & Privacy

    • Comments

  • EPIC Urges GSA to Prevent Privacy Harms from New Fraud Prevention Tools on Login.gov

    December 22, 2022

    • Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Data Brokers

    • Data Protection

    • Government Databases

    • Government Records & Privacy

    • Screening & Scoring

    • Surveillance Oversight

    • Updates