In August 2020, EFF joined with the Clinic to End Tech Abuse and others dedicated to protecting survivors called on Congress to pass a federal law that achieves the following goals:
1. Give survivors and children in their care a right to get out of family plans immediately, remotely, and for free.
2. Require phone companies to apply strong privacy protections to any information about the abuse.
3. Not impose burdensome or traumatizing requirements for survivors to give evidence of the abuse to the phone company.
4. Let survivors keep their numbers to stay connected.
5. Require phone companies to train their employees about these rights and give information to their customers about getting out of family plans in abuse situations.
The Safe Connections Act (S. 120), scheduled for markup in the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation on April 28, 2021, makes significant progress on achieving many of these goals the victims’ rights advocacy community has called on Congress to pass. EFF supports its passage at the markup and looks forward to working with the bill sponsors to pass this bill into law.
1. Give survivors and children in their care a right to get out of family plans immediately, remotely, and for free.
2. Require phone companies to apply strong privacy protections to any information about the abuse.
3. Not impose burdensome or traumatizing requirements for survivors to give evidence of the abuse to the phone company.
4. Let survivors keep their numbers to stay connected.
5. Require phone companies to train their employees about these rights and give information to their customers about getting out of family plans in abuse situations.
The Safe Connections Act (S. 120), scheduled for markup in the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation on April 28, 2021, makes significant progress on achieving many of these goals the victims’ rights advocacy community has called on Congress to pass. EFF supports its passage at the markup and looks forward to working with the bill sponsors to pass this bill into law.
