EPIC Alert Volume 27 (2020)
EPIC Alert 27.19 (December 18, 2020)
- EPIC Files D.C. Consumer Protection Complaint Against Online Test Proctoring Firms
- EPIC Urges NJ Supreme Court to Protect Privacy of Personal Information in Government Records
- EPIC to Massachusetts Supreme Court: Facebook Needs to Disclose Apps that Violated User Privacy
- 48 States and FTC Sue Facebook Over Illegal Monopoly, Echo EPIC's Warnings on Instagram & WhatsApp Mergers
- Justices Concerned for Privacy of Personal Information if Insiders Can Abuse Access Privileges
- News in Brief
- EPIC in the News
- EPIC Bookstore
EPIC Alert 27.18 (November 18, 2020)
- DOJ Releases New Sections of Mueller Report in EPIC Case
- EPIC, Coalition Release Data Protection Plan for Biden Administration
- EPIC Seeks Documents on Facial Recognition System Used to Identify D.C. Protester
- EPIC Renews Call for DHS Advisory Committee to Investigate Fusion Centers
- FTC Settles With Zoom, Ignores EPIC’s Calls to Address Privacy
- News in Brief
- EPIC in the News
- EPIC Bookstore
EPIC Alert 27.17 (October 30, 2020)
- EPIC Urges Supreme Court to Preserve Essential Robocall Protections
- EPIC Seeks Documents About ICE's Use of Clearview AI, Other Facial Recognition Services
- EPIC to Massachusetts Supreme Court: Reject Third Party Doctrine for Electronic Data Collected for a Service
- EPIC, Coalition Urge University of Miami to Ban Face Surveillance
- EPIC Calls on DHS Advisory Committee to Investigate Fusion Centers
- News in Brief
- EPIC in the News
- EPIC Bookstore
EPIC Alert 27.16 (October 19, 2020)
- EPIC Analysis: Supreme Court Nominee Amy Coney Barrett's Record on Privacy
- EPIC Publishes Analysis of California's Proposition 24
- EPIC v. DOJ: Court Demands Trump's Position on Release of Unredacted Mueller Report
- EPIC Opposes DHS's Plans to Broadly Expand Biometric Collection
- EPIC Advises Consumer Watchdog to Regulate Lender Use of Machine Learning
- News in Brief
- EPIC in the News
- EPIC Bookstore
EPIC Alert 27.15 (October 1, 2020)
- VICTORY: Court Orders Additional Mueller Report Disclosures in EPIC Case
- Following EPIC Demand Letter, TikTok Says Privacy 'Will Remain a Priority' in Oracle Deal
- EPIC Urges AI Commission to Recommend Robust AI Regulation, Prioritize Protection of Rights
- EPIC to Senate Commerce: The U.S. Needs a Data Protection Agency
- Report on Trump Tax Records Reinforces EPIC's Calls for Presidential Tax Return Disclosure
- News in Brief
- EPIC in the News
- EPIC Bookstore
EPIC Alert 27.14 (September 18, 2020)
- EPIC Urges EU to Enact Comprehensive AI Legislation
- EPIC Policy Director: 'Regulators Failed and Google Turned the Internet Into a Surveillance Machine'
- EPIC, Coalition Urge for Congressional Briefings on Election Security to Continue
- Court Holds Closed-Door Hearing in EPIC Mueller Report Case
- Portland City Council Votes to Ban Facial Recognition
- News in Brief
- EPIC in the News
- EPIC Bookstore
EPIC Alert 27.13 (September 3, 2020)
- EPIC to Supreme Court: Government Insiders Who Improperly Access Personal Data Violate Computer Crime Statute
- Appeals Court: NSA Call Metadata Program Was Illegal, Likely Unconstitutional
- EPIC FOIA: Documents Reveal DHS's Slow Response to Election Cybersecurity Threats, Underscore Risks of New Voting Tech
- Unsealed Documents: Google Employees Knew Location Privacy Settings Were Misleading
- EPIC Obtains Additional Records From AI Commission
- News in Brief
- EPIC in the News
- EPIC Bookstore
EPIC Alert 27.12 (August 14, 2020)
- EPIC Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Recognize Narrow Scope of FOIA Exemption for Deliberative Documents
- EPIC Urges FAA to Require Privacy Safeguards With Drone Exemption Grants
- EPIC Obtains Records About Texas's Use of Aerial Surveillance
- EPIC to Senate Commerce: Hold Hearing on Data Protection Agency Legislation
- AI Commission Releases More Records to EPIC
- News in Brief
- EPIC in the News
- EPIC Bookstore
EPIC Alert 27.11 (July 31, 2020)
- Top Court in Europe Invalidates EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, Citing Lack of Privacy Safeguards and Overbroad U.S. Surveillance Laws
- White House Tells EPIC to Delete COVID-19 Records, EPIC Declines
- EPIC Amicus: To Protect Privacy, California Must Preserve All-Party Consent for Call Recording
- EPIC to Congress: Create a U.S. Data Protection Agency
- AI Commission Holds First Public Meeting Following Decision in EPIC Case
- News in Brief
- EPIC in the News
- EPIC Bookstore
EPIC Alert 27.10 (July 13, 2020)
- Supreme Court Preserves Anti-Robocall Law, Strikes Down Government Debt Exception
- Supreme Court Rejects Trump's Bid to Shield Tax Returns
- Amicus Brief: Civil Litigants Must Be Able to Challenge FISA Surveillance
- Following Order in EPIC Case, AI Commission Announces First Public Meeting
- EPIC, Coalition to Congress: Stop Use of and Investment in Facial Recognition
- News in Brief
- EPIC in the News
- EPIC Bookstore
EPIC Alert 27.09 (June 29, 2020)
- Justice Department Releases More of Mueller Report in EPIC Case
- EPIC v. AI Commission: Court Orders Commission to Hold Public Meetings
- EPIC Urges Election Commission to Protect Secret Ballot
- EPIC to Fifth Circuit: Do Not Allow Warrantless Cell Phone Searches at the Border
- Records Obtained by EPIC Reveal Privacy Risks of Utah, North Dakota Contact Tracing Apps
- Collins-Dexter, Daines, Farber, Gillibrand, Lambrinidis Receive EPIC Champion of Freedom Awards
- News in Brief
- EPIC in the News
- EPIC Bookstore
- Upcoming Conferences and Events
EPIC Alert 27.08 (May 22, 2020)
- EPIC Argues for Disclosure of FAA Drone Committee Records
- Public Health Emergency Privacy Act Introduced
- EPIC Seeks Records About Utah and North Dakota's Contact Tracing Apps
- EPIC Settles FOIA Case Regarding DHS Drone Reports
- Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Robocall Ban, Trump Tax Returns Cases
- News in Brief
- EPIC in the News
- EPIC Bookstore
- Upcoming Conferences and Events
EPIC Alert 27.07 (April 24, 2020)
- EPIC Urges FTC to Investigate Zoom, Issue Best Practices for Online Conferencing
- EPIC Settles Case With National Archives Over Kavanaugh Records
- EPIC Seeks Records About Kushner-Backed Surveillance System
- EPIC Asks Supreme Court to Review Decision Preventing Internet Companies from Protecting User Data
- Kasparov, Experts, NGOs Urge OECD to Back Democratic Values
- News in Brief
- EPIC in the News
- EPIC Bookstore
- Upcoming Conferences and Events
EPIC Alert 27.06 (April 6, 2020)
- EPIC Seeks Records About Use of Cell Phone Location Data for Coronavirus Tracking
- World Health Organization Speaks Up for Data Protection
- DOJ Delivers Mueller Report to Federal Judge in EPIC's FOIA Case
- EPIC Urges Georgia Court to Ensure Ballot Secrecy in Primary
- EPIC Obtains DOJ Report on Predictive Policing and AI - ‘Individual Liberty is at Stake’
- News in Brief
- EPIC in the News
- EPIC Bookstore
- Upcoming Conferences and Events
EPIC Alert 27.05 (March 18, 2020)
- EPIC Prevails in Case for Release of Mueller Report, Court Will Review Unredacted Document
- EPIC Celebrates Sunshine Week with 2020 FOIA Gallery
- EPIC v. AI Commission: Court Orders Rapid Disclosure of Records
- EPIC to Supreme Court: Allow Disclosure of Trump Tax Returns
- EPIC Announces New Advisory Board Members
- News in Brief
- EPIC in the News
- EPIC Bookstore
- Upcoming Conferences and Events
EPIC Alert 27.04 (March 5, 2020)
- EPIC to Supreme Court: Robocall Ban is Constitutional
- EPIC, Coalition Urge Real Time Remote ID for All Drones
- EPIC Files Complaint with FTC about Airbnb's Secret
- EPIC Comments on California Privacy Law
- EPIC's Rotenberg Urges OECD to 'Defend Democratic Values'
- News in Brief
- EPIC in the News
- EPIC Bookstore
- Upcoming Conferences and Events
EPIC Alert 27.03 (February 19, 2020)
- Sen. Gillibrand Introduces U.S. Data Protection Agency Bill
- EPIC Launches Drone ID Campaign, Urges Action by FAA
- EPIC Urges Congress to Suspend Face Surveillance
- EPIC v. DOJ: No Mueller Reports to Congress
- Chinese Military Charged with Equifax Breach
- News in Brief
- EPIC in the News
- EPIC Bookstore
- Upcoming Conferences and Events
EPIC Alert 27.02 (February 4, 2020)
- A Big Victory for Privacy Groups
- EPIC, Coalition Urge Oversight Board to Suspend Face Surveillance
- EPIC Seeks Regulation of AI, Petitions Federal Trade Commission
- EPIC Gives International Privacy Award to Isabelle Falque-Pierrotin, Carole Cadwalladr
- EPIC Argues in Court Fifth Amendment Protects Cell Phone Passcodes
- News in Brief
- EPIC in the News
- EPIC Bookstore
- Upcoming Conferences and Events
EPIC Alert 27.01 (January 21, 2020)
- EU Leaders to Consider Ban on Face Surveillance
- EPIC to Congress: Suspend DHS Data Transfer to Census Bureau
- New Year Begins with California Consumer Privacy Law
- Supreme Court to Review Constitutionality of Federal Robocall Ban
- EPIC Urges D.C. Circuit to Order Disclosure of FAA Drone Committee Records
- News in Brief
- EPIC in the News
- EPIC Bookstore
- Upcoming Conferences and Events
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