Tag: Surveillance

EPIC Urges DOJ to Clarify and Strengthen Proposed Rule on Preventing Access to U.S. Personal Data

November 27, 2024

On November 27, EPIC submitted comments in response to the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) notice of proposed rule making (NPRM) on Provisions Regarding Access to Americans’ Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and Government Related Data to Countries of Concern.

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Brokers

• Data Protection

• International Privacy

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates

EPIC, Coalition Urge the White House Office of Management and Budget to Halt DHS’s Harmful AI Systems

November 27, 2024

EPIC joined a coalition of over 140 organizations led by Just Futures Law to push The Office of Management and Budget to use its authority to stop the Department of Homeland Security’s use of non-conforming artificial intelligence systems to inform or make decisions regarding surveillance, deportation, and detention.

• AI in the Criminal Justice System

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Government AI Use

• Intelligence Surveillance

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates

Senators Call on DHS to Investigate TSA’s use of Facial Recognition

November 21, 2024

• Face Surveillance & Biometrics

• Surveillance Oversight

• Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance

• Updates

CBP’s Privacy Impact Assessment on Commercial Telemetry Data Highlights Urgent Need for PIA Reform

November 14, 2024

CBP’s PIA on CTD is extremely vague, years too late, and is a complete failure to comply with federal privacy regulations.

• Intelligence Surveillance

• Location Tracking

• Analysis

EPIC, Coalition Send Letter to DHS regarding $2 Million Contract with Paragon Solutions, Inc.

November 1, 2024

• Intelligence Surveillance

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates

EPIC Urges CBP to Pause its Expansion of Facial Recognition at the Border 

October 28, 2024

This afternoon, EPIC submitted comments to Customs & Border Patrol (CBP) urging it to refrain from expanding the use of facial recognition technology as part of its Biometric Entry-Exit (BE-E) Program.

• Face Surveillance & Biometrics

• Surveillance Oversight

• Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance

• Updates

CFPB Issues New Guidance to Protect Workers from Digital Surveillance Using Third-Party Consumer Reporting Tools

October 25, 2024

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has issued guidance to protect workers from digital surveillance.

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Commercial AI Use

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Brokers

• Privacy Laws

• U.S. Privacy Laws

• Updates

EPIC Celebrates Global Encryption Day 2024

October 22, 2024

• Cybersecurity

• Encryption

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates

EPIC, Coalition Offer Recommendations to Strengthen Surveillance Technology Export Regulations

October 18, 2024

EPIC joined several other organizations in comments on the U.S. Commerce Department’s proposed rule to strengthen surveillance technology export regulations.

• Face Surveillance & Biometrics

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates

EPIC, Coalition Demand Estimate of U.S. Persons’ Communications Incidentally Collected Under FISA Section 702

October 16, 2024

In a letter to the Director of National Intelligence and the Director of the National Security Agency, a coalition of civil society organizations demanded the intelligence community publish the previously promised estimate of the number of U.S. persons’ communications collected “incidentally” under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.

• FISA Section 702

• Intelligence Surveillance

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates