On the heels of President Obama's recent introduction of a Privacy Bill of Rights, the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA), the latest self-regulatory organization for online advertising, agreed to support widespread implementation of Do Not Track (DNT) browser headers. This is a laudable step, and in the coming months the...

Update on Pakistan’s plans for national censorship program
US company McAfee has just announced that they will not submit a proposal to create and implement a national blocking and filtering system in Pakistan. Their response came after pressure from various local and international groups including the EFF, ...

UPDATE: National Assembly Member Bushra Gohar confirmed to the The Express Tribune that the Pakistani Ministry of Information Technology will withdraw its plans to subsidize a national blocking and filtering system. An official statement is due tomorrow.
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Since we first wrote about Pakistan’s Telecommunications...

The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling that warrantless installation of GPS devices violates the Fourth Amendment – United States v. Jones (PDF) – is already percolating through the court system, which is good news for our privacy rights. Today, in a two sentence order (PDF), the Ohio Supreme...

Today kicks off Sunshine Week—a week dedicated to focusing on the importance of open government and ensuring accountability for government officials at the federal, state and local levels. To celebrate, EFF is kicking off a new weekly feature to highlight important news regarding government transparency. We will report on important...