EPIC Urges Privacy Board to Address Concerns About 12333 Surveillance Authority
EPIC National Security Counsel Jeramie Scott has urged the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board to focus on surveillance conducted under Executive Order 12333. The Executive Order, signed in 1981, granted broad surveillance authority to the Intelligence Community with little oversight. The Order has enabled vast surveillance of Americans, but has received little attention. EPIC previously urged the Privacy Board to establish greater legal protection for metadata, increase safeguards for personal data, and minimize data collection. At the Board's first public meeting in 2012, EPIC recommended that the Board ensure Privacy Act adherence and investigate privacy concerns with the Fusion Center program, closed-circuit television surveillance, body scanners, surveillance drones, and Suspicious Activity Reporting. So far, the Privacy Board has focused almost entirely on "section 215" and "section 702" surveillance programs. For more information, See EPIC: Executive Order 12333.
July 22, 2014| Share:
