Tag: Surveillance Oversight
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When Courts Reach The Merits, Spyware Loses
May 8, 2025
On April 28, 8 jurors were empaneled to decide how much NSO Group, the notorious mercenary spyware company, would be fined for hacking WhatsApp servers in order to spy on millions of Americans. On May 6, jurors gave their decision: NSO Group’s flagrant violation of the law would cost them $444,719 in statutory damages and $167.25 million in punitive damages, striking a major blow to the infamous company.
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Fourth Amendment
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Intelligence Surveillance
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Privacy Laws
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Surveillance Oversight
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Analysis
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EPIC, Coalition Urge Congress Restore Privacy Oversight Board’s Independence from White House
February 3, 2025
On February 3, EPIC joined over 26 civil society organizations in demanding that Congress re-double its oversight activities to ensure that the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) retains its independence and continues its work free from White House interference.
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Government Databases
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Intelligence Surveillance
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PATRIOT Act
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Surveillance Oversight
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Updates
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Anti-Spyware Coalition Sends Letter to European Union to Prosecute Illegal Hacking of Journalists and Activists in Serbia
December 20, 2024
On December 19, EPIC joined 50 civil society organizations urging major European Union (“EU”) institutions to take action to stop the Serbian Authorities’ illegal use of spyware to target journalists, activists, and members of civil society.
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Data Protection
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Intelligence Surveillance
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International Privacy
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Surveillance Oversight
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Updates
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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,
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Privacy in Public
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Surveillance Oversight
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Updates
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EPIC Amicus: Foreign Spyware is Not Exempt from Prosecution Under the CFAA
July 31, 2024
EPIC urged the Ninth Circuit to recognize that the Northern District of California has jurisdiction to hear a case brought by foreign journalists whose devices were hacked using Pegasus, a spyware application produced by Israeli company NSO Group.
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Intelligence Surveillance
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Surveillance Oversight
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Wiretapping
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Updates
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EPIC Urges PCLOB to Take Deep Dive on Intelligence Community’s Use of AI in Counterterrorism.
July 2, 2024
On July 1, EPIC submitted comments to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB)’s request for written submission on the role of artificial intelligence in counterterrorism.
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Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
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Face Surveillance & Biometrics
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Government AI Use
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Intelligence Surveillance
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Surveillance Oversight
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Updates
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EPIC Urges GSA to Minimize Use of SSNs, Limit Unnecessary Fraud Prevention Practices on Login.gov
June 13, 2024
EPIC urged the GSA to prioritize privacy, limit use of fraud controls to strictly necessary applications, and more aggressively protect SSNs on the government's single-sign-on service Login.gov.
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Government Databases
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Surveillance Oversight
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Updates
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EPIC, Coalition Urge New York Lawmakers to Pass Biometric Recognition Bans
May 7, 2024
EPIC and a coalition urged New York lawmakers to pass a suite of bills banning facial recognition in
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Face Surveillance & Biometrics
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Privacy in Public
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Surveillance Oversight
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Updates
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EPIC Urges OMB to Rein In Unchecked Expansion of CBP One App
May 6, 2024
EPIC submitted comments to CBP and OMB opposing an expansion of the controversial and flawed CBP One app for Biometric Exit
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Surveillance Oversight
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Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance
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Updates
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GAO Reports More Negatives Than Positives to Police Use of Facial Recognition, Highlights Need for Comprehensive Data Privacy Law
April 29, 2024
A report by the GAO based in part on interviews with EPIC staff found that biometric technologies including facial recognition have serious negative impacts.
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Face Surveillance & Biometrics
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Surveillance Oversight
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Updates
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