EPIC attended a panel discussion on privacy and consumer data protection hosted by The Atlantic. The goal was to bring tech leaders, policymakers, and privacy scholars…
In 2012 Congress passed the FAA Modernization and Reform Act, which requires the FAA to integrate drones into the national airspace. Soon after this Act was…
EPIC recently filed comments on proposed amendments to Rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, which would authorize judges to issue “remote access” search warrants in certain…
In August of 2013, the Department of Defense (“DoD”) released a notice of proposed rulemaking (“NPRM”). The proposed rule “update[d] the established policies, guidance, and assigned responsibilities…
According to a Justice Department report, body cameras could improve officer professionalism, identify officers that abuse their authority, and help correct questionable police behavior. Recent studies…
The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding an oversight hearing of the FBI on Wednesday, May 21. There are plenty of things to oversee with respect to FBI’s…
Today the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in Riley v. California and United States v. Wurie, two cases involving the warrantless search of an individual’s cell phone incident to…
Let’s start with the Heartbleed bug. Since the announcement of Heartbleed last week, everyone has been paying attention to security vulnerabilities – a typically niche technical…
In light of the President’s recent announcement that the NSA’s bulk collection of telephone metadata will end, there is a renewed interest in Congress to revise U.S. surveillance…