EPIC - Privacy Campaigns

Privacy Campaigns

EPIC's important privacy campaigns include:

U.S. Urgently Needs a Data Protection Agency

The United States is one of the few democracies in the world that does not have a federal data protection agency. While the FTC helps to safeguard consumers and promote competition, it is not a data protection agency. The United States needs a new approach. EPIC launched a campaign to promote the creation of a Data Protection Agency in the United States.

epic.org/dpa/

Ban Face Surveillance

EPIC has launched a campaign to ban face surveillance. EPIC will publish information on face surveillance laws, reports, and protests worldwide.

epic.org/banfacesurveillance/

2020 Election Security

Since launching its Democracy and Cybersecurity Project, EPIC has worked to ensure that elections in the United States are secure and fair for all citizens, even during a pandemic. Through advocacy, litigation, and policy efforts, EPIC is fighting to protect democratic institutions and highlighting privacy and cybersecurity concerns related to election systems.

epic.org/cybersecurity/election/

Privacy and the Pandemic

EPIC is working to ensure that private and public sector responses to COVID-19 safeguard the privacy and civil liberties of all people. Through advocacy, oversight, and litigation, EPIC is ensuring that the coronavirus pandemic does not lead to erosion of individual rights. Visit epic.org/covid to see EPIC's resources on these issues.

epic.org/covid/

Enforce The Order

In the lead-up to the year anniversary of the FTC re-opening its investigation into Facebook following the Cambridge Analytica scandal, EPIC launched a campaign to urge the FTC to enforce the 2011 Consent Order with Facebook.

epic.org/enforce-the-order/

End the FCC Data Retention Mandate

The Electronic Privacy Information Center (“EPIC”) is urging the public to support a proposal to end the FCC’s data retention mandate.

epic.org/privacy/fcc-data-retention/

Democracy & Cybersecurity: Preserving Democratic Institutions

EPIC has launched a new project on Democracy and Cybersecurity to address growing concerns about cyber attacks on democratic institutions.

epic.org/democracy/

Data Protection 2016

Noting widespread concern about the state of privacy in America, EPIC launched "Data Protection 2016," a non-partisan campaign to make data protection an issue in the 2016 election.

dataprotection2016.org