EPIC – Electronic Privacy Information Center

“Bills being considered in Colorado, California, Massachusetts, Illinois and New Jersey may likewise regulate surveillance pricing. The US federal government has weighed in as well. The Federal Trade Commission, under the Biden administration, opened an investigation into these pricing practices and 

“Searches like these are why local municipalities have begun pushing back against the rapid adoption and expansion of such technologies, said Kabbas Azhar, a fellow with the Electronic Privacy Information Center. ‘In general, the use of Flock currently is completely unregulated,’ he told the Observer. Even when cities and states do impose regulations, the Flock system is esse...

“John Davisson, deputy director and director of enforcement at the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), said the report shows Treasury ‘flouted basic security safeguards’ in the rush to give DOGE access to sensitive payment systems.”

“’Despite Treasury’s conclusion that one DOGE employee would be in a position to cause ‘inestimable damage’ to security inter...

“A spokesperson for the Electronic Privacy Information Center said the Chatrie v. United States case is important because it examines how much latitude the government has to use location services to identity a suspect. Alan Butler, EPIC’s executive director and president, said in a statement that geofence searches are ‘an incredibly invasive investigative technique t...

This week, EPIC Deputy Director and Policy Director Caitriona Fitzgerald testified before the Vermont House Committee on Commerce and Ec...