EPIC - Electronic Privacy Information Center

EPIC 2017 Champions of Freedom Awards

On Monday, June 5th, EPIC hosted the 2017 Champions of Freedom Awards. EPIC honored privacy attorney Carrie Goldberg, human rights advocate Garry Kasparov, and Judge Patricia Wald. Computer scientist Ron Rivest received the 2017 EPIC Lifetime Achievement Award. (Photo credit: Jenifer Morris Photography)

Support EPIC »
EPIC 2017 Champions of Freedom Awards

On Monday, June 5th, EPIC hosted the 2017 Champions of Freedom Awards. EPIC honored privacy attorney Carrie Goldberg, human rights advocate Garry Kasparov, and Judge Patricia Wald. Computer scientist Ron Rivest received the 2017 EPIC Lifetime Achievement Award. (Photo credit: Jenifer Morris Photography)

Support EPIC »
EPIC 2017 Champions of Freedom Awards

On Monday, June 5th, EPIC hosted the 2017 Champions of Freedom Awards. EPIC honored privacy attorney Carrie Goldberg, human rights advocate Garry Kasparov, and Judge Patricia Wald. Computer scientist Ron Rivest received the 2017 EPIC Lifetime Achievement Award. (Photo credit: Jenifer Morris Photography)

Support EPIC »
EPIC 2017 Champions of Freedom Awards

On Monday, June 5th, EPIC hosted the 2017 Champions of Freedom Awards. EPIC honored privacy attorney Carrie Goldberg, human rights advocate Garry Kasparov, and Judge Patricia Wald. Computer scientist Ron Rivest received the 2017 EPIC Lifetime Achievement Award. (Photo credit: Jenifer Morris Photography)

Support EPIC »
EPIC 2017 Champions of Freedom Awards

On Monday, June 5th, EPIC hosted the 2017 Champions of Freedom Awards. EPIC honored privacy attorney Carrie Goldberg, human rights advocate Garry Kasparov, and Judge Patricia Wald. Computer scientist Ron Rivest received the 2017 EPIC Lifetime Achievement Award. (Photo credit: Jenifer Morris Photography)

Support EPIC »
EPIC 2017 Champions of Freedom Awards

On Monday, June 5th, EPIC hosted the 2017 Champions of Freedom Awards. EPIC honored privacy attorney Carrie Goldberg, human rights advocate Garry Kasparov, and Judge Patricia Wald. Computer scientist Ron Rivest received the 2017 EPIC Lifetime Achievement Award. (Photo credit: Jenifer Morris Photography)

Support EPIC »
EPIC 2017 Champions of Freedom Awards

On Monday, June 5th, EPIC hosted the 2017 Champions of Freedom Awards. EPIC honored privacy attorney Carrie Goldberg, human rights advocate Garry Kasparov, and Judge Patricia Wald. Computer scientist Ron Rivest received the 2017 EPIC Lifetime Achievement Award. (Photo credit: Jenifer Morris Photography)

Support EPIC »
EPIC 2017 Champions of Freedom Awards

On Monday, June 5th, EPIC hosted the 2017 Champions of Freedom Awards. EPIC honored privacy attorney Carrie Goldberg, human rights advocate Garry Kasparov, and Judge Patricia Wald. Computer scientist Ron Rivest received the 2017 EPIC Lifetime Achievement Award. (Photo credit: Jenifer Morris Photography)

Support EPIC »
EPIC 2017 Champions of Freedom Awards

On Monday, June 5th, EPIC hosted the 2017 Champions of Freedom Awards. EPIC honored privacy attorney Carrie Goldberg, human rights advocate Garry Kasparov, and Judge Patricia Wald. Computer scientist Ron Rivest received the 2017 EPIC Lifetime Achievement Award. (Photo credit: Jenifer Morris Photography) (Photo credit: Jenifer Morris Photography)

Support EPIC »
EPIC 2017 Champions of Freedom Awards

On Monday, June 5th, EPIC hosted the 2017 Champions of Freedom Awards. EPIC honored privacy attorney Carrie Goldberg, human rights advocate Garry Kasparov, and Judge Patricia Wald. Computer scientist Ron Rivest received the 2017 EPIC Lifetime Achievement Award. (Photo credit: Jenifer Morris Photography) (Photo credit: Jenifer Morris Photography)

Support EPIC »
EPIC 2017 Champions of Freedom Awards

On Monday, June 5th, EPIC hosted the 2017 Champions of Freedom Awards. EPIC honored privacy attorney Carrie Goldberg, human rights advocate Garry Kasparov, and Judge Patricia Wald. Computer scientist Ron Rivest received the 2017 EPIC Lifetime Achievement Award. (Photo credit: Jenifer Morris Photography)

Support EPIC »
EPIC 2017 Champions of Freedom Awards

On Monday, June 5th, EPIC hosted the 2017 Champions of Freedom Awards. EPIC honored privacy attorney Carrie Goldberg, human rights advocate Garry Kasparov, and Judge Patricia Wald. Computer scientist Ron Rivest received the 2017 EPIC Lifetime Achievement Award. (Photo credit: Jenifer Morris Photography)

Support EPIC »
EPIC 2017 Champions of Freedom Awards

On Monday, June 5th, EPIC hosted the 2017 Champions of Freedom Awards. EPIC honored privacy attorney Carrie Goldberg, human rights advocate Garry Kasparov, and Judge Patricia Wald. Computer scientist Ron Rivest received the 2017 EPIC Lifetime Achievement Award. (Photo credit: Jenifer Morris Photography)

Support EPIC »
EPIC 2017 Champions of Freedom Awards

On Monday, June 5th, EPIC hosted the 2017 Champions of Freedom Awards. EPIC honored privacy attorney Carrie Goldberg, human rights advocate Garry Kasparov, and Judge Patricia Wald. Computer scientist Ron Rivest received the 2017 EPIC Lifetime Achievement Award. (Photo credit: Jenifer Morris Photography)

Support EPIC »
Defend Privacy. Support EPIC.

EPIC is on the front lines of the major privacy and civil liberties debates. In 2017, EPIC has important work to do on protecting democratic institutions, algorithmic transparency, and government surveillace, among many other issues. Please donate to EPIC today to help us continue this important work.

Defend Privacy. Support EPIC. »

Top News

EPIC Urges Senate Judiciary Committee To Restore PCLOB to Full Strength

In advance of a hearing on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, EPIC has sent a statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee urging increased public reporting of the government's surveillance activities under section 702. EPIC also highlighted the need to restore the Privacy and Civil Liberties Board (PCLOB) to full strength. As Judge Patricia Wald recently stated in remarks at the EPIC Champions of Freedom Dinner, "an agency dedicated to protecting privacy and civil liberties inside the intelligence community with access to classified material is a uniquely valuable asset in the ever difficult search for the right balance between national security and democratic values." EPIC testified before the House Judiciary Committee in support of increased transparency during the 2012 FISA reauthorization hearings.

June 23, 2017 | Share:

Google to End Email Content Scanning

After a decade of controversy, Google announced that it will stop scanning the content of all Gmail. Google stopped scanning e-mails for education in 2014 after a lawsuit charged that it violated wiretap laws. Google faced similar allegations in many other cases in the United States and around the world. EPIC warned about Google's e-mail scanning practices back in 2005 and filed a complaint with the FTC in 2009 over the privacy risks in Google's insecure cloud computing services, including Gmail. In 2014, EPIC led a successful campaign to stop Google from scanning student emails for commercial advertising. Last year, EPIC filed a friend-of-the-court brief in a Massachusetts case, again objecting to Google's Gmail scanning. EPIC explained in 2005 that Google's email service undermined online privacy and prevented the adoption of important security methods, such as end-to-end encryption.

June 23, 2017 | Share:

EPIC Urges Senate Intelligence to Ask FBI about Agency Response to Russia Attack

In advance of the hearing on Russian Interference with the 2016 U.S. Election, EPIC has sent a statement to the Senate Intelligence Committee. EPIC urged the Committee to ask the FBI witness whether the FBI Victim Notification procedures were followed once the FBI became aware of the Russian cyberattack on the DNC and the RNC. In a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit EPIC v. FBI, EPIC obtained the FBI notification procedures that would have applied during the 2016 Presidential election. The documents indicate that the FBI Cyber Division is to "notify and disseminate meaningful information to victims and the CND [Computer Network Defense] community." The obvious question at this point, said EPIC, is whether the FBI followed the required procedures for Victim Notification once the Bureau became aware of this attack. In a related FOIA case, EPIC v. ODNI, EPIC is seeking the public release of the complete report of the intelligence community on the Russian interference with the 2016 election. EPIC sent a similar letter to the House Intelligence Committee.

June 20, 2017 | Share: