Electronic Privacy Information Center

In detailed comments to the Federal Trade Commission, EPIC today recommended the suspension of facial recognition technology deployment until adequate safeguards and privacy standards are established. EPIC said that facial…more

EPIC Seeks Public Release of Google's Privacy Report EPIC has filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the Federal Trade Commission for the Privacy Report that Google was recently required to submit to the…more

EPIC Files Suit for Documents Detailing Surveillance of Wikileaks Supporters EPIC has filed suit against the Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation under the Freedom of Information Act for documents…more

In a letter to the Federal Trade Commission, EPIC has called for an investigation of recent changes by Google to Google Search, the dominant search algorithm on the Internet. EPIC cited Google's decision to include personal…more

EPIC Urges Appeals Court to Shed Light on Google-NSA Agreement EPIC filed the opening brief in EPIC v. NSA, No. 11-5233, challenging the National Security Agency’s response to EPIC's Freedom of Information Act request. EPIC…more

EPIC submitted comments to the FTC on a proposed settlement with Facebook. The settlement follows from complaints filed by EPIC and other consumer and privacy organizations in 2009 and 2010 over Facebook’s decision to change its…more

EPIC sent a letter requesting that the Federal Trade Commission determine whether changes Facebook has made to the profiles of its users are consistent with the terms of a settlement reached between Facebook and the FTC. EPIC's…more

EPIC Urges Court to Order Disclosure of CyberSecurity Authority EPIC filed papers urging a federal court to order the National Security Agency to disclose National Security Presidential Directive 54, a key document…more

EPIC submitted comments to the FTC on a proposed rule for the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. The proposed rule would revise the definition of Personally Identifiable Information to include identifiers such as cookies,…more

EPIC has submitted comments to the Department of Homeland Security, objecting to the agency's plan to disclose internal agency records to former DHS employees, third party employers, and foreign and international agencies. DHS…more

EPIC Sues DHS Over Covert Surveillance of Facebook and Twitter EPIC has filed a Freedom of information Act lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security to force disclosure of the details of the agency's social…more

In response to a request from Congressman Melvin Watt (D-NC), EPIC sent a letter explaining that HR 2471, a bill to amend the Video Privacy Protection Act, would reduce privacy for Internet users by weakening the consent…more

EPIC Asks Court to Require Release of Documents About Body Scanner Radiation Risks EPIC has filed a reply motion in EPIC v. DHS, No. 1:11-cv-01991-ABJ, a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit for information, held by the DHS,…more

EPIC to DHS: Proposed Expansion of "Routine Use" Exception is Unlawful In comments to the Department of Homeland Security regarding a proposal to expand the Privacy Act "routine use" exemption, EPIC has said that the agency…more

EPIC Asks Court to Require DHS Disclosure of Documents Detailing Body Scanner Radiation Risks EPIC has filed a motion for summary judgment in EPIC v. DHS, No. 1:11-cv-01991-ABJ, a pending Freedom of Information Act lawsuit…more