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Pro-Passenger STRIP Act Tells TSA “Don’t Touch My Junk”

In December of last year, Rep. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee introduced to Congress the Stop TSA’s Reach in Policy Act, or the STRIP Act. The proposed legislation would prohibit any Transportation Security Administration...more

Backlash Against TSA for Strip-Searching an 85-Year Old Grandmother

The alleged strip search of an 85-year-old grandmother by a Transportation Security Administration officer has prompted the introduction of a bill to deprive TSA employees of their rank and uniform. The elderly victim,...more

Electronic Privacy Information Center v. Homeland Security

Memorandum Opinion: Granting The Defendant’s Motion For Summary Judgment; Denying The Plaintiff's Cross-Motion For Summary...

Court Grants Government Motion in EPIC Body Scanner FOIA Lawsuit A federal district court has granted the Department of Homeland Security's motion to conclude one of EPIC's Freedom of Information Act lawsuits. EPIC was...more

Electronic Privacy Information Center, et al., v. Janet Napolitano, et al.,

Reply Brief For Petitioners Electronic Privacy Information Center, et al.

EPIC Files Brief in Airport Body Scanner Case EPIC has filed its reply brief in the suit to suspend the Department of Homeland Security's controversial airport body scanner program. The brief argues that "the TSA has acted...more

Electronic Privacy Information Center, et al., v. Janet Napolitano, et al.,

Opening Brief for Petitioners Electronic Privacy Information Center, et al.,

In Opening Brief, EPIC Urges Federal Appeals Court to Suspend Airport Body Scanner Program EPIC has filed the opening brief in EPIC v. DHS, No, 10-1157, a case that challenges the unilateral decision of the TSA to make...more

Commonwealth v. Connolly

Brief of Amicus Curiae Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) In Support of Appellant

EPIC Urges Massachusetts High Court to Protect Drivers From Warrantless Tracking by Law Enforcement, Warns of "Pervasive Mass Surveillance" Today, EPIC filed a "friend of the court" brief in the Massachusetts Supreme...more

Commonwealth v. Connolly

Brief for the Commonwealth

EPIC Urges Massachusetts High Court to Protect Drivers From Warrantless Tracking by Law Enforcement, Warns of "Pervasive Mass Surveillance" Today, EPIC filed a "friend of the court" brief in the Massachusetts Supreme...more