Tag: Surveillance

EPIC Urges European Commission to address surveillance gaps in First Periodic Review of EU-US Data Privacy Framework

September 5, 2024

EPIC filed comments with the European Commission urging the Commission to address surveillance gaps in the EU-US Data Privacy Framework and protect the privacy rights of EU residents.

• Data Protection

• FISA Section 702

• International Privacy

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates

“Free” Prison Tablets: In Promise and In Practice

August 29, 2024

• Access to Information

• Communications Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Democracy & Free Speech

• Analysis

Wristwatched: A New Frontier of Health Monitoring in Prisons

August 22, 2024

For over two decades, states have used electronic monitoring, or e-monitoring, to track and limit the movements of individuals on parole or pre-trial through wearable technology.

• Data Protection

• Face Surveillance & Biometrics

• Health Privacy

• Surveillance Oversight

• Analysis

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.

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Face Surveillance & Biometrics

• Government AI Use

• Intelligence Surveillance

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates

Senators Call on DHS to Investigate Federal Funding of ShotSpotter

May 15, 2024

In a May 14 letter, Senators Ed Markey, Ron Wyden, Elizabeth Warren, and Representative Ayanna Pressley, called on Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General Joseph V. Cuffari to investigate DHS’s funding of ShotSpotter, including potential violations of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

• AI in the Criminal Justice System

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates

EPIC, Coalition Call on Government to Declassify Type of Company at Issue in New FISA Definition

May 14, 2024

On May 9, EPIC joined a coalition of over 20 civil society organizations in calling on Attorney General Merrick Garland and Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines to declassify the type of service provider at issue in a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) proceeding that led Congress to expand the universe of companies subject to compelled cooperation under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).

• FISA Section 702

• Intelligence Surveillance

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates

ODNI Releases Framework for Commercially Available Information

May 10, 2024

On May 8, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) released its framework for commercially available information. The new framework sets out guidelines for intelligence agencies’ purchase and use of commercial data, but does not restrict the types of data—such as location or web browsing information—agencies may purchase.

• Intelligence Surveillance

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates

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

• Face Surveillance & Biometrics

• Privacy in Public

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates

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.

• Face Surveillance & Biometrics

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates

EPIC, Coalition Urge OMB to Adopt AI Procurement Guidelines with Civil Rights and Transparency in Mind

April 29, 2024

Today, a cross-cutting coalition of civil society organizations led by EPIC and the Brennan Center for Justice filed joint comments to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) laying out the need for additional federal AI procurement guidance to adequately mitigate the risks of procured AI.

• AI Policy

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Government AI Use

• Screening & Scoring

• Surveillance Oversight

• Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance

• Updates