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Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)

Privacy advocacy organization that sued ICE over Palantir systems
Tracked because Privacy advocacy organization that sued ICE over Palantir systems · 6 documented connections
Facts on record1
Connections mapped6
Sources cited14
Evidence: 1P
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Stated vs Revealed
No documented contradictions on file.
PATTERN person → [oversight] → institution → [legal] → organization 20× PATTERN organization → [legal] → institution → [oversight] → person 20× PATTERN institution → [contractor] → company → [legal target] → o... 16× PATTERN organization → [legal target] → company → [contractor] → ... 16× PATTERN organization → [legal target] → company → [employment] → ... 15×
Connection Map
Key Connections
← Anthony Romero person
same_entity
Anthony Romero is the same person as the entity listed as Anthony Romero in the known entities database.
→ US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) institution
legal
EPIC filed a 2017 FOIA lawsuit against ICE regarding Palantir's Investigative Case Management system
→ Palantir Technologies company
legal_target
EPIC's 2017 FOIA lawsuit against ICE sought records regarding Palantir's Investigative Case Management system
Facts (1)
Data Freshness
Ageing Last update: 161d ago · Avg age: 2283d
Confidence Tiers: Primary Source — cross-referenced government/corporate filings Pending Review — sourced but not independently verified AI Inference — analytical hypothesis from cross-referencing
✓ Verified Findings (1)
Independently re-checked: a second model read the source artifact and confirmed it supports the extracted claim.
✓ verified Primary Source Electronic Privacy Information Center filed a 2017 FOIA lawsuit against ICE regarding Palantir's Investigative Case Management system
Date: 2017-01-01 Added: 13 Apr 2026 ↗ SOURCE: ACLU report citing litigation history
All Connections (6)
legal primary since 2017
EPIC filed a 2017 FOIA lawsuit against ICE regarding Palantir's Investigative Case Management system
→ Palantir Technologies company
legal_target primary since 2017
EPIC's 2017 FOIA lawsuit against ICE sought records regarding Palantir's Investigative Case Management system
← Anthony Romero person
same_entity primary since 2004
Anthony Romero is the same person as the entity listed as Anthony Romero in the known entities database.
← Marcia Hofmann person
affiliation / collaboration secondary since 2010
Marcia Hofmann has been a cooperating attorney or participated in joint advocacy with EPIC on technology privacy issues.
oversight_adversarial inferential since 2014
EPIC has filed complaints and FOIA requests regarding NGI system privacy concerns and civil liberties impacts
advocacy / oversight interaction inferential since 2015
EPIC has filed public records requests and engaged in advocacy regarding MPDC's use of surveillance technologies, including automated license plate readers and facial recognition, and has raised privacy concerns about MPDC practices.
Sources (14)
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) — Lobbying disclosures (n… government_disclosure Processed 📜 Receipt
2004-08-18 ↗ SEC EDGAR: filing — Electronic Privacy Information Center (2004-08-18) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2004-08-13 ↗ SEC EDGAR: filing — Electronic Privacy Information Center (2004-08-13) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2004-08-16 ↗ SEC EDGAR: filing — Electronic Privacy Information Center (2004-08-16) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2021-05-18 ↗ SEC EDGAR: filing — Electronic Privacy Information Center (2021-05-18) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2026-05-09 UNVERIFIED SEARCH_ERROR: Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) not found in opencorp… claim_flag Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) — SEC filings (no results… sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) — USASpending contracts (… contract Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) — Parliamentary records (… parliamentary_record Processed 📜 Receipt
2021-03-26 ↗ SEC EDGAR: filing — Electronic Privacy Information Center (2021-03-26) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) — Corporate registrations… government_disclosure Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) — IRS Form 990 filings (n… form_990 Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) — Court records (no resul… court_document Processed 📜 Receipt
2017-01-01 ↗ ACLU report citing litigation history web_search Processed 📜 Receipt