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EPIC is a leading privacy advocacy organization whose work on surveillance oversight, consumer data protection, and AI governance intersects directly with AI safety concerns around mass surveillance, algorithmic discrimination, and accountability for automated systems.

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EPIC (Electronic Privacy Information Center) is a nonprofit research and advocacy organization founded in 1994 to protect privacy, freedom of expression, and democratic values in the digital age. It pursues litigation, policy advocacy, open government requests, and congressional testimony on privacy and civil liberties issues. Its work covers surveillance oversight, consumer privacy, and responsible technology use.

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•EPIC was established in 1994 and operates as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with no clients, customers, or shareholders, focused on digital privacy rights.
•The organization advocates for oversight of surveillance systems, including facial recognition, mass surveillance, and DHS-funded surveillance programs.
•EPIC pursues consumer privacy protection by challenging improper tracking, profiling, and data misuse by corporations.
•Activities include filing amicus briefs, open government litigation, congressional testimony, and facilitating dialogue between advocates and policymakers.
•EPIC believes technology must be subject to meaningful oversight to prevent abuse, exploitation, discrimination, and invasive surveillance.

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Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)	Founded Date	1994	—
Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)	Headquarters	Washington, DC	—

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 About Us

 
 EPIC was established in 1994 to protect privacy, freedom of expression, and democratic values in the information age.
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Our mission is to secure the fundamental right to privacy in the digital age for all people through advocacy, research, and litigation. We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit research and advocacy center. We have no clients, no customers, and no shareholders. We need your support .

 

 We believe&#8230;

 Privacy is a fundamental right.

 All people deserve protection from abusive data practices like mass surveillance, browser tracking, demographic profiling, and data discrimination. Protecting privacy means preserving our digital autonomy, individual freedom, and democratic values.

 The internet belongs to the people who use it.

 Standards for privacy, free speech, and human rights online should not be defined by corporations or unaccountable government actors. EPIC believes in balancing the scale in favor of the billions of people who rely on the internet in their day-to-day lives.

 There’s a responsible way to use technology.

 Technology can enrich our lives and enable new possibilities for the future. But these systems can also threaten our fundamental values. That is why EPIC advocates for meaningful oversight of data collection and processing systems to ensure that users are protected from abuse, exploitation, discrimination, and invasive surveillance.

 

 EPIC works at the intersection of policy, advocacy, and litigation. We pursue a variety of activities, including litigating cases on emerging privacy issues, obtaining and publishing records to lift the veil on government data collection, providing expert advice to policymakers and lawmakers, and facilitating dialogue between advocates, experts, and decisionmakers. EPIC routinely files amicus briefs in federal courts, pursues open government cases, defends consumer privacy, organizes conferences for NGOs, and speaks before Congress and judicial organizations about emerging privacy and civil liberties issues. EPIC is an independent organization guided by its Board of Directors and Advisory Board, which are composed of experts in law, technology, and public policy.

 EPIC Projects

 Surveillance Oversight

 The unchecked expansion of surveillance systems is one of the greatest threats to privacy and civil liberties that we face. EPIC advocates for greater oversight of surveillance systems and closely tracks domestic surveillance issues to ensure that civil liberties are protected. 

 Private companies, government agencies, and police alike use unregulated tech for surveillance. The growing use of surveillance technology, and the use of mass surveillance in particula

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