Privacy Impact Assessments

EPIC, Coalition Urge OMB to Rein in Agency Exploitation of the Data Broker Loophole in New Comments

December 17, 2024

EPIC, the Brennan Center for Justice, Demand Progress, and the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project were joined by several other organizations in comments submitted to the Office of Management and Budget yesterday urging it to push back against federal agency’s use of commercially available information (CAI) to get around key constitutional and statutory privacy protections.
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Brokers
- Fourth Amendment
- Intelligence Surveillance
- Open Government
- Privacy Impact Assessments
- Privacy Laws
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates
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 OIG: CBP, ICE, and Secret Service Violated Privacy Policies, Failed to Develop Sufficient Policies Before Purchasing and Using Commercial Geolocation Data

September 29, 2023

A report by the Department of Homeland Security Office of the Inspector General (DHS OIG) revealed that CBP, ICE, and the Secret Service purchased and used commercial geolocation data in violation of their privacy policies, and that DHS components have failed to develop policies governing the purchase and use of location data.
- Data Protection
- Location Tracking
- Open Government
- Privacy Impact Assessments
- Privacy in Public
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates
Epoch Times: Democrats Reject GOP Request for More Information on US Postal Service Surveillance of Conservatives

December 7, 2022
- Government Databases
- Privacy Impact Assessments
- Surveillance Oversight
- News
GAO Report: Federal Agencies Lack Senior Leadership to Effectively Implement Privacy Programs

September 23, 2022
- Open Government
- Privacy Impact Assessments
- Updates
EPIC Urges Administrative Conference to Recommend Sweeping Open Government Reforms

July 19, 2022
- Federal Advisory Committee Act
- Freedom of Information Act
- Open Government
- Privacy Impact Assessments
- Updates
EPIC Comments to ACUS on Disclosure of Agency Legal Records

July 19, 2022
- Federal Advisory Committee Act
- Freedom of Information Act
- Open Government
- Privacy Impact Assessments
- APA Comments