Updates

EPIC Files Amicus Brief Challenging Spirit Airlines’ Bankruptcy Sale of Employee Data to Google

October 2, 2026

On Thursday, EPIC, along with Professor Seema Patel, filed an amicus brief using privacy grounds to challenge the sale of sensitive employee data in Spirit Airlines’ bankruptcy proceedings to Google to be used for AI training. The brief was filed with Harvard Law School’s Cyberlaw Clinic’s representation. 

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Commercial AI Use

• Data Protection

• Worker Privacy

• Updates

Senator Markey Introduces Bill to Stop the Government’s Use of Face Surveillance and Other Biometric Surveillance Tech

September 30, 2026

• Face Surveillance & Biometrics

• Privacy Laws

• Proposed U.S. Legislation

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates

EPIC and Consumer Groups Urge FTC to Treat Surveillance Pricing as an Unfair Practice

September 28, 2026

• Consumer Privacy

• Surveillance Pricing

• Updates

Congressional Hearing Adds Fuel to Flock Fire

September 24, 2026

On Wednesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism held a hearing on Flock’s Nationwide AI Surveillance Network. Flock Safety’s automated license plate readers (ALPR) take still photos, video recordings, audio capture, and livestreaming capabilities.

• Privacy in Public

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates

EPIC Urges Third Circuit to Uphold Pennsylvania’s Protections Against Posting Voter Data Online

September 23, 2026

• Access to Information

• Data Protection

• Democracy & Free Speech

• Government Databases

• Government Records & Privacy

• Open Government

• Privacy Laws

• The First Amendment

• U.S. State Privacy Laws

• Voter Privacy

• Updates

PRESS RELEASE: EPIC Says Trump Administration Can’t Use Its Own Delays to Evade Review of Voter Citizenship Lists

September 17, 2026

The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) today urged a federal court to swiftly rule on the Trump administration’s plan to create and distribute “State Citizenship Lists.”

• Democracy & Free Speech

• Fighting Federal Data Abuses

• Voter Privacy

• Updates

Consumer Groups File Comments in Support of Robocall Mitigation Rule

September 10, 2026

• Consumer Privacy

• Robocalls

• Updates

PRESS RELEASE: EPIC Applauds Gov. Newsom For Signing Prohibition on Addictive Features, Changes to California’s Age-Appropriate Design Code

September 10, 2026

• Platform Accountability & Governance

• Platform Governance Laws & Regulations

• The First Amendment

• Updates

EPIC, Restore the Fourth File Amicus Brief in Chatrie v. United States Urging the Fourth Circuit to Rule Geofence Warrant Unconstitutional

September 10, 2026

• Data Protection

• Fourth Amendment

• Location Tracking

• Privacy in Public

• Privacy Laws

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates

PRESS RELEASE: Appeals Court Rejects Trump Administration Effort to Reinstate SAVE Voter Purge Database

September 5, 2026

A federal appeals court has rejected the Trump administration’s request to pause a lower court ruling blocking its illegal expansion of the Systematic Alien Verification Entitlements (SAVE) database, and the government may not use the unreliable system for mass voter purges ahead of the midterm elections.

• Democracy & Free Speech

• Government Databases

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates