Privacy in Public

Vehicle Fingerprinting Through Pervasive Camera Surveillance Likely Violates Fourth Amendment, Court Finds

February 11, 2025

On February 5, a §1983 case alleging violation of the Fourth Amendment for the City of Norfolk’s use of Flock to indiscriminately track residents’ movement around town survived a baseless standing challenge and motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim.

• Privacy in Public

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates

Schmidt v. City of Norfolk, Order Denying Motion to Dismiss

February 11, 2025

• Privacy in Public

• Surveillance Oversight

• Legal Document

EPIC’s Jeramie Scott to Testify on Privacy Protections for Traffic Camera Systems in Maryland 

January 31, 2025

Jeramie Scott, Senior Counsel at EPIC and Director of EPIC’s Project on Surveillance Oversight, will testify today at a Maryland Senate Judicial Proceedings hearing on Maryland Senate Bill 0381.

• Data Protection

• Location Tracking

• Privacy in Public

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates

EPIC, Coalition Caution Against the Use of Information From Commercial Data Brokers in Research

January 15, 2025

EPIC joined the Brennan Center, Demand Progress, and the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project in comments to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) regarding “Ethical Guidelines for Research Using Pervasive Data.”

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Brokers

• Government Databases

• Privacy in Public

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates

Las Vegas Review-Journal: Privacy advocates raise alarms over more license plate readers in Henderson

December 6, 2024

• Privacy in Public

• Surveillance Oversight

• News

GAO Report Addresses DHS’ Unchecked Surveillance of Americans in Public Without Warrants

December 5, 2024

A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reviewed the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) law enforcement agencies’ use of detection and monitoring technologies in public without warrants. DHS was found to use over 20 types of detection, observation, and monitoring technologies,

• Privacy in Public

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates

The Record: Chicago stops using controversial ShotSpotter gunshot detection system

September 26, 2024

• AI in the Criminal Justice System

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Privacy in Public

• Surveillance Oversight

• News

WKRC: ‘ShotSpotter’ under increased scrutiny as Cincinnati weighs $1 million annual renewal cost 

September 23, 2024

• AI in the Criminal Justice System

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Privacy in Public

• Surveillance Oversight

• News

Civil Rights Commission Releases Report on the Federal Government’s Use of Facial Recognition Technology

September 21, 2024

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights released the report The Civil Rights Implications of the Federal Use of Facial Recognition this week. The report detailed some of the risks of the federal government’s unfettered use of facial recognition technology.

• Face Surveillance & Biometrics

• Privacy in Public

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates

WIRED: Stadiums Are Embracing Face Recognition. Privacy Advocates Say They Should Stick to Sports

August 21, 2024

• Face Surveillance & Biometrics

• Privacy in Public

• Surveillance Oversight

• News