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Librarians, Act Now to Protect Your Users (Before It’s Too Late)

Books checked out from a library and terms searched on library computers can reveal a teenager’s questions about sexual orientation, a neighbor’s religious leanings, or a student’s political interests. Libraries across the country, particularly public libraries, make it part of their mission to serve the most vulnerable and underserved user...

Community forum in Davis CA

Data Privacy and Government Surveillance in the Trump Administration: Perspectives on the U.S. Constitution and Civil Liberties
EFF's Shahid Buttar and Camille Ochoa will visit Davis for a community forum including participants from the UC-Davis Law School Immigration Law Clinic, the UC-Davis Cross Cultural Student Center, ACLU Yolo chapter,...

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Blue Spike v. Audible Magic

Blue Spike v. Audible Magic is a patent case in which EFF intervened in order to achieve greater public access to the proceedings.
In this case, Blue Spike accused Audible Magic of infringing various patents. The parties filed motions for summary judgment relating to various allegations made in the...

CREDO Confirms It’s at Center of Long-Running Legal Fight Over NSLs

San Francisco - CREDO Mobile representatives confirmed today that their company was at the center of the long-running legal battle over the constitutionality of national security letters (NSLs), and published the letters the government sent three years ago.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has represented CREDO in this matter...

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2016 Internet Archive NSL

In this case, the Internet Archive pushed back against a formerly secret national security letter (NSL). Represented by EFF, the Archive informed the FBI that it did not have the information the agency was seeking and pointed out that NSL included misinformation about how to contest the accompanying gag order...

Law Enforcement’s Secret 'Super Search Engine' Amasses Trillions of Phone Records for Decades

EFF Fights For More Disclosure About Hemisphere ProgramAlthough the government still hides too much information about a secret telephone records surveillance program known as Hemisphere, we have learned through EFF’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuits that police tout the massive database of private calls as “Google on Steroids"...

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MuckRock litigation

EFF helped online public records platform MuckRock successfully defend three lawsuits filed against it and one of its users over public records that allegedly contained trade secrets. This included vindicating MuckRock's First Amendment rights when a court repealed a previous order that required the platform to de-publish public records the...

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