EPIC Seeks to Block Fed Demand for State Voter Records

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

> https://epic.org/2017/07/in-voter-privacy-case-epic-fil.html 
> <https://epic.org/2017/07/in-voter-privacy-case-epic-fil.html>
> In Voter Privacy Case, EPIC Files for Temporary Restraining Order 
> <http://epic.org/2017/07/in-voter-privacy-case-epic-fil.html>
> EPIC today filed for a Temporary Restraining Order to block a demand from a Presidential Commission for millions of 
> state voter records. In papers filed today in federal district court in Washington, DC, EPIC explained that the 
> Commission failed to produce and publish a Privacy Impact Assessment, required by Federal law. EPIC also charged that 
> the Commission’s demand for detailed voter histories violated the Constitutional right to privacy. And EPIC explained 
> that the Commission  had already committed two egregious security blunders—(1) directing state election officials to 
> send voter records to an unsecure web site and (2) proposing to publish partial SSNs that would enable identity theft 
> and financial fraud. The Court gave the government until Wednesday, July 5 to file an opposition. EPIC will then file 
> a reply. A ruling is expected by the end of the week. The EPIC lawsuit follows a letter 
> <https://epic.org/privacy/voting/pacei/Voter-Privacy-letter-to-NASS-07032017.pdf> from 50 voting experts and 20 
> privacy organizations urging state election officials to oppose the Commission’s demand. The case is EPIC v. 
> Commission, No. 17-1320 (D.D.C. filed July 3, 2017).
>
> July 3, 2017




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