Urge the Department of Defense to stop exposing servicemembers' commercial location data and adopt basic anti-tracking safeguards.

joined a letter urging DoD to stop commercial location-data exposure of servicemembers and adopt basic anti-tracking safeguards

Van Epps joined a congressional letter pressing DoD to protect servicemembers from commercial location-data tracking and implement safeguards.

In letter to DoD, Heinrich Reveals That Foreign Adversaries Are Using Commercial Location Data to Target U.S. Servicemembers in the Middle East, Calls on DoD to Adopt Commonsense Safeguards to Protect U.S. Troops
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The official press releases page for Rep. Matt Van Epps shows recent items in the lookback window such as a June 2, 2026 Memorial Day event post, a May 22, 2026 bitcoin reserve bill post, and May 2026 constituent-service announcements. The visible official updates do not show any public action on DoD commercial location-data exposure or anti-tracking safeguards during the window.

Official updates in the window are active but unrelated to the promise; no public DoD anti-tracking push is visible.

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Press Releases | Congressman Matt Van Epps
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AP reported on May 21, 2026 that congressional Democrats pressed the administration to tighten commercial location-data protections after new rules left major federal sites out. The article says the lawmakers argued that location data sold by brokers can expose sensitive government activity and called for broader safeguards, showing the issue remained active but not fully resolved in the lookback window.

The broader location-data safeguard problem was still being debated, with partial regulatory steps but clear gaps.

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Lawmakers warn data protection rules don't protect key sites, including White House and CIA
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