Privacy in Public

EPIC Urges Appeals Court to Require Police to Obtain Search Warrants Before Conducting Months-Long Recordings of People’s Homes

• Fourth Amendment

• Privacy in Public

• Privacy Laws

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates

EPIC, Coalition Call for Hearing on NYPD POST Act Violations

EPIC and a coalition of civil rights, civil liberties, privacy, and community-based organizations have requestedthat the New York City Council hold a hearing on NYPD’s noncompliance with the POST Act.

• Privacy in Public

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates

EPIC Cautions OSTP on Data Transfers, Urges Differential Privacy

On March 30, EPIC submitted comments to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) recommending several resources that might assist OSTP in fulfilling the aims of the "Advancing Effective, Accountable Policing and Criminal Justice Practices to Enhance Public Trust and Public Safety" Executive Order.

• Access to Information

• AI in the Criminal Justice System

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Democracy & Free Speech

• Fourth Amendment

• Freedom of Information Act

• Government Databases

• Open Government

• Privacy & Racial Justice

• Privacy in Public

• Privacy Laws

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates

Audacy: Delco officials hoping to ‘deter crimes’ with new surveillance system

• Data Protection

• Privacy in Public

• Surveillance Oversight

• News

WSB-TV: Gwinnett officials hope more cameras will catch more criminals

• Data Protection

• Location Tracking

• Privacy in Public

• Surveillance Oversight

• News

WHYY: Delaware County law enforcement plans to build a ‘real-time crime center’

• Data Protection

• Face Surveillance & Biometrics

• Privacy in Public

• Surveillance Oversight

• News

Two Years In, COVID-19 Relief Money Fueling Rise of Police Surveillance

EPIC's analysis of media and government reporting indicates that local governments and police departments have used significant amounts of their COVID-19 relief funds to fund police surveillance technology, buying everything from gunshot detection systems to automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) to phone hacking tools.

• Privacy in Public

• Surveillance Oversight

• Analysis

EPIC, Coalition Call on DEA to End Illegal National License Plate Reader Program

EPIC joined a diverse coalition of civil society groups to urge the DEA to end the National License Plate Reader Program.

• Government Databases

• Privacy in Public

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates

DHS OIG Report: Secret Service and ICE Illegally Used Cell-Site Simulators

A report by DHS's Inspector General revealed that the Secret Service and ICE have used cell-site simulators without obtaining warrants or following statutory privacy requirements.

• Privacy in Public

• Surveillance Oversight

• Wiretapping

• Updates

EPIC Urges FTC to Regulate Surveillance Tech Companies Using Police as Promoters

• Big Data

• Consumer Privacy

• Fourth Amendment

• Privacy in Public

• Privacy Laws

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates