EPIC is specifically interested in developing substantive solutions to emerging privacy problems. Promote a full public debate on the government's Clipper Chip and Digital Telephony proposals. These proposals have far-reaching implications for the future of the National Information Infrastructure. EPIC believes they must be examined carefully. Encourage the development of appropriate safeguards for the automation of medical records.
Medical information is among the most sensitive personal data there is.
Safeguards will be necessary for health care reform to succeed. Support the creation of a public advocate for personal data rights in the United States. The US is one of the few industrialized democratic countries in the world that does not have a voice in the national government for privacy. This should change. Encourage the development of innovative new technologies that protect privacy including electronic cash, encryption, and pseudo-anonymous identifiers.