EPIC Publications

What the FTC Could Be Doing (But Isn’t) To Protect Privacy (2021)

Liberty at Risk: Pre-trial Risk Assessment Tools in the U.S. (2020)

Grading on a Curve: Privacy Legislation in the 116th Congress (2019)

The Secret Ballot at Risk: Recommendations for Protecting Democracy. 2016

REAL ID Implementation Review: Few Benefits, Staggering Costs. 2008.

E-Deceptive Campaign Practices Report: Internet Technology and Democracy 2.0. 2008.

Privacy Self-Regulation: A Decade of Disappointment. 2005.

Also available in PDF.

WATCHING THE WATCHERS. The Watching the Watchers Project was undertaken by EPIC in 2001 to assess the impact of proposals for public surveillance put forward after September 11. Reports in the series include:

• Paying for Big Brother: A Review of the Proposed FY2003 Budget for the Department of Justice (PDF). 2002.
• Your Papers, Please: From the State Drivers License to a National Identification System (PDF). 2002.

Pretty Poor Privacy: An Assessment of P3P and Internet Privacy. 2000.

Surfer Beware III: Privacy Policies without Privacy Protection. 1999.

Surfer Beware II: Notice is Not Enough. 1998.

Surfer Beware: Personal Privacy and the Internet. 1997.

Critical Infrastructure Protection and the Endangerment of Civil Liberties: An Assessment of the President’s Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection (PCCIP). 1998.

Faulty Filters: How Content Filters Block Access to Kid-Friendly Information on the Internet. 1997