Intelligence Surveillance

  • EPIC Amicus: Foreign Spyware is Not Exempt from Prosecution Under the CFAA

    July 31, 2024

    EPIC urged the Ninth Circuit to recognize that the Northern District of California has jurisdiction to hear a case brought by foreign journalists whose devices were hacked using Pegasus, a spyware application produced by Israeli company NSO Group.

    • Intelligence Surveillance

    • Surveillance Oversight

    • Wiretapping

    • Updates

  • Dada et al. v. NSO Group

    July 31, 2024

    computer related crimes such as accessing a protected computer without authorization, can be used by foreign plaintiffs to prosecute foreign defendants who exploit protected computers.

    • Intelligence Surveillance

    • Surveillance Oversight

    • Wiretapping

    • Amicus Briefs

  • EPIC, Coalition Call for Meaningful Guardrails for the use of AI in National Security Systems

    July 23, 2024

    EPIC joined several other organizations on a letter to urge the Biden Administration to establish meaningful standards for the use of AI in the national security context.

    • Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

    • Government AI Use

    • Intelligence Surveillance

    • 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 PCLOB to Take Deep Dive on Intelligence Community’s Use of AI in Counterterrorism.

    July 2, 2024

    On July 1, EPIC submitted comments to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB)’s request for written submission on the role of artificial intelligence in counterterrorism.

    • Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

    • Face Surveillance & Biometrics

    • Government AI Use

    • Intelligence Surveillance

    • Surveillance Oversight

    • Updates

  • EPIC, Coalition Call on Government to Declassify Type of Company at Issue in New FISA Definition

    May 14, 2024

    On May 9, EPIC joined a coalition of over 20 civil society organizations in calling on Attorney General Merrick Garland and Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines to declassify the type of service provider at issue in a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) proceeding that led Congress to expand the universe of companies subject to compelled cooperation under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).

    • FISA Section 702

    • Intelligence Surveillance

    • Surveillance Oversight

    • Updates

  • ODNI Releases Framework for Commercially Available Information

    May 10, 2024

    On May 8, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) released its framework for commercially available information. The new framework sets out guidelines for intelligence agencies’ purchase and use of commercial data, but does not restrict the types of data—such as location or web browsing information—agencies may purchase.

    • Intelligence Surveillance

    • Surveillance Oversight

    • Updates

  • EPIC Applauds FTC Prohibition Against Avast’s Disclosure of Sensitive Information for Advertising Purposes

    April 29, 2024

    Avast marketed software to consumers that the company promised would limit tracking online by blocking invasive third-party cookies. But even as it promised privacy protection, Avast collected and sold consumers’ sensitive browsing information to third parties.

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Data Protection

    • Intelligence Surveillance

    • Surveillance Oversight

    • Updates

  • EPIC Statement on Final Passage of Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act (RISAA)

    April 22, 2024

    On Friday, the Senate passed the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act (RISAA), H.R. 7888, which reauthorizes and expands FISA Section 702 for a period of two years.

    • FISA Section 702

    • Intelligence Surveillance

    • Surveillance Oversight

    • Statements

  • EPIC Comments to DOJ Regarding ANPRM on Access to Americans’ Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and Government Related Data by Countries of Concern

    April 22, 2024

    The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) submits these comments in response to the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) on Provisions Regarding Access to Americans' Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern, published on March 5, 2024,1 which responds to President Biden’s Executive Order on Preventing Access to Americans’ Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern (EO 14117).2

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Data Brokers

    • Data Protection

    • Intelligence Surveillance

    • International Privacy

    • Location Tracking

    • Surveillance Oversight

    • APA Comments