Screening & Scoring

NACA v. RentGrow

October 4, 2024

Challenging the unfair and deceptive practices of tenant screening company RentGrow's automated tenant screening reports
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Commercial AI Use
- Consumer Privacy
- Government AI Use
- Screening & Scoring
- Privacy Cases
The Washington Post: D.C. contractor sued for alleged improper screening of hopeful tenants

October 3, 2024
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Commercial AI Use
- Screening & Scoring
- News
Bloomberg Law: DC Tenant Screener Discriminates With AI, Consumer Advocates Say

October 3, 2024
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Commercial AI Use
- Screening & Scoring
- News
PRESS RELEASE: EPIC and Consumer Advocates Sue Tenant Screening Company for Unfair and Deceptive Algorithmic Practices

October 3, 2024

The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and the National Association of Consumer Advocates (NACA) have filed suit against tenant screening company, RentGrow, for unfair and deceptive practices tied to their automated tenant screening reports.
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Commercial AI Use
- Screening & Scoring
- Updates
EPIC Releases its AI Legislation Scorecard

June 25, 2024

Today, EPIC published its AI Legislation Scorecard, a first-of-its-kind rubric for lawmakers, journalists, advocates and academics to use when evaluating the strength of state and federal AI bills.
- AI Policy
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Commercial AI Use
- Government AI Use
- Screening & Scoring
- Updates
At White House AI Aspirations Conference, EPIC Urges Agencies Considering AI to Center Public Trust

June 20, 2024

On Thursday, June 13, EPIC Executive Director Alan Butler joined experts from across the federal government for a White House panel discussing government service delivery, AI deployment, and data privacy.
- AI Policy
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Government AI Use
- Screening & Scoring
- Updates
Los Angeles Review of Books: Keeping Humans in the Loop: On Hilke Schellmann’s “The Algorithm”

May 31, 2024
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Commercial AI Use
- Screening & Scoring
- News
EPIC Calls on the National Institute of Justice to Center Harm Prevention and Agency Oversight in Forthcoming Criminal Justice AI Report

May 28, 2024

Today, EPIC submitted comments to the Department of Justice’s National Institute of Justice (NIJ), urging the agency to rein in the harmful biases, inaccuracies, and abuses at the core of criminal justice AI systems.
- AI in the Criminal Justice System
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Face Surveillance & Biometrics
- Government AI Use
- Screening & Scoring
- Surveillance Oversight
- 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
Washington Lawyer: Algorithmic Accountability: When Systems Get Things Wrong

May 1, 2024
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Government AI Use
- Screening & Scoring
- News