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Jewel v. NSA - Amicus brief of Free Speech Coalition, et al. in support of petition for rehearing Tuesday, October 12, 2021 PDF icon 88-amicus_iso_petiton_free_speech_coalition_et_al._9th_cir._19-16066_filed_2021-10-12-1.pdf
Jewel v. NSA - Petiton for Rehearing and Rehearing en banc (9th Cir.) Friday, October 1, 2021 PDF icon 87-jewel_petition_9th_cir._19-16066_filed_2021-10-01.pdf
NetChoice v Paxton - EFF Amicus Brief (Oct 8, 2021) Friday, October 8, 2021 PDF icon netchoice_v_paxton_eff_amicus_brief.pdf
C1G v Siegfried - EFF Amicus Brief (Sept 16, 2021) Thursday, September 16, 2021 PDF icon 210916_eff_siegfried_amicus_brief.pdf
TRIPS Letter to Biden 9-27-2021 Monday, September 27, 2021

TRIPS letter to President Biden requesting broad IP waiver

PDF icon trips_letter_to_biden_sept_27.pdf
DSA Joint Letter to the EP Wednesday, September 29, 2021 Digital Services Act, Competition, Free Speech, Big Tech, Corporate Speech Controls, European Union, Social Networks, Privacy PDF icon dsa_joint_letter_to_the_ep.pdf
People v. Wilson—California Court of Appeal Opinion Tuesday, September 28, 2021 PDF icon people_v._wilson_-_california_court_of_appeal_opinion.pdf
United States v. Wilson—9th Circuit Opinion Tuesday, September 28, 2021 PDF icon us_v_wilson_-_9th_cir_opinion.pdf
EFF Pioneer Awards 2021 Transcript Tuesday, September 28, 2021 Plain text icon pioneer_awards_2021_transcript.txt
Williams v. CCSF -- Plaintiffs' Summary Judgment Brief Thursday, September 16, 2021 Digital Rights and the Black-led Movement Against Police Violence, Street-Level Surveillance PDF icon 2021-09-16_-_plaintiffs_mpa_iso_summary_judgment.pdf
Williams v. CCSF -- Plaintiffs' Compendium of Evidence Thursday, September 16, 2021 Digital Rights and the Black-led Movement Against Police Violence, Street-Level Surveillance PDF icon 2021-09-16_-_plaintiffs_compendium_of_evidence_iso_msj.pdf
Williams v. CCSF -- Plaintiffs' Statement of Undisputed Material Facts Thursday, September 16, 2021 Digital Rights and the Black-led Movement Against Police Violence, Street-Level Surveillance PDF icon 2021-09-16_plaintiffs_statement_of_undisputed_material_facts.pdf
Williams v. CCSF -- First Amended Answer Friday, January 29, 2021 Digital Rights and the Black-led Movement Against Police Violence, Street-Level Surveillance PDF icon 2021-01-29_first_amended_answer_to_complaint.pdf
GTL Investigative Technology Brief Thursday, September 23, 2021

A summary of investigative tool produced by Global Tel*Link, a prison communications company.

PDF icon gtl-tech-brief-investigative-technology_tb-iqtech-01_1.pdf
People v. Tafoya—Colorado Supreme Court Opinion 2021 Wednesday, September 22, 2021 PDF icon tafoya-2021-09-13_opinion.pdf
Commonwealth v. Mora - Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Opinion Wednesday, September 22, 2021 PDF icon commonwealth_v._mora_-_2020_massachusetts_sjc_opinion.pdf
People v. Tafoya - EFF / ACLU Amicus Brief Wednesday, September 22, 2021 PDF icon tafoya_-_amicus_-_final_to_file.pdf
NetChoice v. Moody - Texas amicus brief Tuesday, September 14, 2021 Section 230 PDF icon 2021-09-14_texas_amicus_brief_dckt_.pdf
Testimony and Statement of Katitza Rodriguez to Council of Europe 9/14/2021 Tuesday, September 14, 2021 Free Speech, Council of Europe, Security, Surveillance and Human Rights, Cross Border Access, Privacy, International Privacy Standards PDF icon 08.14.2021-hearing-2ap-katitza_rodriguez-sent.pdf
EFF Apple Messaging and Photo Scanning One Pager Monday, September 13, 2021 PDF icon applescanningonepager.pdf
Epic Games v Apple Trial Court Decision Friday, September 10, 2021 PDF icon epic_v_apple_order.pdf
DOJ Reply to Opposition to Motion to Dismiss Friday, October 28, 2016 PDF icon doj_reply_to_opposition_to_motion_to_dismiss.pdf
Opposition to Motion to Dismiss Tuesday, October 18, 2016 PDF icon opposition_to_motion_to_dismiss.pdf
ACLU v ICE - EFF Amicus Brief (Aug 27, 2021) Friday, August 27, 2021 PDF icon aclu_v_ice_-_eff_amicus_brief_aug_27_2021.pdf
Summary Judgment Opinion in ABC v Goodfriend (Locast) Tuesday, August 31, 2021 PDF icon 2021-08-31_opinion_dckt_322_0.pdf
2021-08-27 - ACLU v Clearview (Cook County Ct) - opinion denying MTD Friday, August 27, 2021 PDF icon 2021-08-27_-_aclu_v_clearview_cook_county_ct_-_opinion_denying_mtd.pdf
Order denying Motion for Preliminary Injunction Thursday, July 15, 2021 PDF icon order_denying_motion_for_preliminary_injunction_07.15.21.pdf
Memorandum and Opinion Thursday, July 15, 2021 PDF icon memorandum_and_opinion_07.15.21_.pdf
Coalition Letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook Thursday, August 19, 2021

A coalition of more than 90 U.S. and international organizations dedicated to civil rights, digital rights, and human rights, including EFF, sent this letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook, asking him to abandon plans to build surveillance into Apple products. 

Privacy PDF icon cdt-coalition-ltr-to-apple-19-august-2021.pdf
IDOT GPS data provider procurement documents Wednesday, November 18, 2020 Locational Privacy PDF icon Procurement justification and ordering agreement for Safegraph data, PDF icon Contract with RSG, Inc for the development of a statewide travel demand model, PDF icon Memo from RSG to IDOT describing the need for raw location data, PDF icon Contract between IDOT and GIS Solutions, including the acquisition of HERE data, PDF icon Sole source justification form for the acqusition and use of Sidewalk Labs' Replica product
Jewel v. NSA - 9th Circuit Opinion (August 17, 2021) Tuesday, August 17, 2021 NSA Spying PDF icon 2021-08-17_jewel_v._nsa_-_9th_cir._opinion.pdf
2021-08-05 - Group Support for 2021 Payment Choice Act Tuesday, August 10, 2021 PDF icon 2021-08-05_-_group_support_for_2021_payment_choice_act.pdf
DAD Demand Letter #2 Redacted Friday, August 6, 2021

Defenders of the American Dream LLC

Patent Demand Letter #2

PDF icon dad_demand_letter_2.pdf
Civil Society letter on Wyden, Lummis, and Toomey amendment on Cryptocurrency provisions in infrastructure bill Thursday, August 5, 2021

Civil Society letter in support of Senators Wyden, Lummis, and Toomey amendment on cryptocurrency provisions in infrastructure bill to preserve user privacy. 

PDF icon civil_society_letter_wyden-lummis-toomey_amendment_to_h.r._3684.pdf
Les principes de politique de la FFÉ Wednesday, August 4, 2021 PDF icon les_principes_de_politique_de_la_ffe_.pdf
Policy Principles Digital Services Act - French Wednesday, August 4, 2021 PDF icon policy_principles_digital_services_act_-_fr_v3.pdf
Policy Principles Digital Services Act - German Wednesday, August 4, 2021 PDF icon policy_principles_digital_services_act_-_de_v3.pdf
2021-07-29 - ACLU EFF EPIC comments re DHS's mDL Thursday, July 29, 2021 PDF icon 2021-07-29_-_aclu_eff_epic_comments_re_dhss_mdl.pdf
Twitter v Paxton - EFF, CDT, et al. Amicus Brief (July 23, 2021) Friday, July 23, 2021 PDF icon 210723_twitter_paxton_amicus.pdf
DAD trademark application Tuesday, July 27, 2021

Defenders of the American Dream LLC Trademark Application

Patents PDF icon dad_tm_reg_and_letter.pdf
DAD Demand Letter Redacted Tuesday, July 27, 2021

Defenders of the American Dream LLC Patent Demand Letter

Patents PDF icon dad_demand_redacted_final.pdf
Confident v. Best Buy answer and counterclaims Thursday, January 17, 2019

Confident Technologies Inc. v. Best Buy Co. 

18-cv-2552 JLS

S.D. California 

ANSWER, AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES, AND  COUNTERCLAIMS TO PLAINTIFF’S COMPLAINT

Patents PDF icon 3_18-cv-02552-jls-ll_18_primary_document.pdf
EFF v. USPS - complaint Tuesday, July 27, 2021 Transparency, Social Media Surveillance PDF icon 01_-_complaint.pdf
Sanchez v LADOT opening appellate brief.pdf Friday, July 23, 2021 Privacy, Locational Privacy PDF icon sanchez_v_ladot_eff_opening_appellage_brief.pdf
hiq v. LinkedIn - EFF and Internet Archive Amicus Brief (July 20, 2021) Tuesday, July 20, 2021 PDF icon 210720_eff_amicus_in_hiq.pdf
2021-07-09 - In re Clearview (N.D. Ill.) - brief of amicus Center on Privacy & Tech Saturday, July 10, 2021 PDF icon 2021-07-09_-_in_re_clearview_n.d._ill._-_brief_of_amicus_center_on_privacy_tech.pdf
2021-07-09 - In re Clearview (N.D. Ill.) - brief of amici ACLU and ACLU-IL Saturday, July 10, 2021 PDF icon 2021-07-09_-_in_re_clearview_n.d._ill._-_brief_of_amici_aclu_and_aclu-il.pdf
2021-07-09 - In re Clearview (N.D. Ill.) - plaintiffs' opposition to dismissal Saturday, July 10, 2021 PDF icon 2021-07-09_-_in_re_clearview_n.d._ill._-_plaintiffs_opposition_to_dismissal.pdf
2021-07-09 - In re Clearview (N.D. Ill.) - amicus brief of EFF Friday, July 9, 2021 PDF icon 2021-07-09_-_in_re_clearview_n.d._ill._-_amicus_brief_of_eff.pdf
2021-05-24 - In re Clearview (N.D. Ill.) - motion to dismiss Friday, July 9, 2021 PDF icon 2021-05-24_-_in_re_clearview_n.d._ill._-_motion_to_dismiss.pdf
2021-06-29 - In re Clearview (N.D. Ill.) - amended complaint Friday, July 9, 2021 PDF icon 2021-06-29_-_in_re_clearview_n.d._ill._-_amended_complaint.pdf
NetChoice v. Moody - Order granting preliminary injunction Wednesday, June 30, 2021 Free Speech PDF icon 2021-06-30_order_granting_pi_dckt_113_0.pdf
Visual Collection of The Overlapping Infrastructure of Urban Surveillance, and How to Fix It Wednesday, June 30, 2021 Package icon surveillance-graphics.zip
Civil Society Statement on EU Parliament's Draft Report Digital Services Act Wednesday, June 30, 2021 PDF icon civil_society_letter_dsa_to_imco.pdf
Order on Motion to Dismiss in FTC v Facebook Monday, June 28, 2021 PDF icon order_on_motd_ftc_v_fb_06282021_clean.pdf
Gonzalez v. Google - EFF amicus brief Friday, April 12, 2019 Section 230 PDF icon 2019-04-12_eff_motion_and_amicus.pdf
Civil society letter on the Digital Markets Acts - EU Parliament (IMCO) Tuesday, June 29, 2021 European Union, EU Policy, Digital Services Act PDF icon civil_society_letter_to_imco_on_the_digital_markets_act_-_28_june_2021.pdf
Carta de la EFF a la Secretaría de Derechos Humanos de la República de Ecuador (caso Ola Bini) Monday, June 28, 2021 International PDF icon Carta de la EFF a la Secretaría de Derechos Humanos de la República de Ecuador (caso Ola Bini)
EFF's Letter to the Secretariat of Human Rights of the Republic of Ecuador (Ola Bini's case) Monday, June 28, 2021 International PDF icon EFF's Letter to the Secretariat of Human Rights of the Republic of Ecuador (Ola Bini's case)
Alasaad v. Wolf - Gov't brief (1st. Cir) Monday, June 1, 2020 Border Searches PDF icon alasaad_v._wolf_-_govt_brief_2020.06.01.pdf
Merchant v. Mayorkas - amicus brief of Constitutional Accountability Center iso petitioners Friday, May 28, 2021 Border Searches PDF icon merchant-cac_amicus_iso_petitioners_2021.05.28.pdf
Merchant v. Mayorkas - amicus brief of the Center for Democracy & Technology, the Brennan Center for Justice, and TechFreedom iso petitioners Friday, May 28, 2021 Border Searches PDF icon merchant_v._mayorkas-ctr.for_democracy_brennan_et_al.pdf
Merchant v. Mayorkas - petitioners' cert reply Friday, June 4, 2021 Border Searches PDF icon merchant_v_mayorkas_-_reply_brief_for_petitioners.pdf
Merchant v. Mayorkas - response to cert petition Tuesday, May 25, 2021 Border Searches PDF icon merchant_v._mayorkas-cert_response_2021.05.25.pdf
Merchant v. Mayorkas - petition for writ of certiorari Friday, April 23, 2021 Border Searches PDF icon merchant_v_mayorkas_-_petition_for_writ_of_certiorari.pdf
Alasaad v. Wolf--Gov't corrected brief (1st Cir) Wednesday, June 10, 2020 PDF icon alasaad_v._wolf_-_govt_corrected_brief_2020.06.10.pdf
Fourth Circuit Ruling on Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle v. Baltimore Police Department Thursday, June 24, 2021

Fourth Circuit ruling that Baltimore's warrantless aerial surveillance program, which monitored the daytime movements of nearly all Baltimore residents, violates the Fourth Amendment.

Street-Level Surveillance, Locational Privacy PDF icon 201495a.p.pdf
Cable industry letter to Governor Newsom and Sacramento legislature on $7 billion fund Wednesday, June 23, 2021 PDF icon ccta_letter_on_gov_broadband_proposal_6.8.21.pdf
AT&T letter to Governor Newsom and Sacramento Legislature on $7 billion fund Wednesday, June 23, 2021 PDF icon att_letter_to_newsom_atkins_rendon_2021-22_budget_broadband_06-15-21.pdf
Examsoft, Proctorio, ProctorU Responses to Senate Letter Tuesday, June 22, 2021 Student Privacy PDF icon proctorio-senate-response-010721.pdf, PDF icon proctoru-senate-response-121721.pdf, PDF icon examsoft-senate-response-010721_1.pdf
Digitale-Dienste-Gesetz - vollständiges Strategiepapier Tuesday, June 15, 2021 PDF icon policy_principles_digital_services_act_-_de.pdf
La législation sur les services numériques - document stratégique complet Tuesday, June 15, 2021 PDF icon policy_principles_digital_services_act_-_fr.pdf
Ustawa o usługach cyfrowych - pełny dokument programowy Tuesday, June 15, 2021 PDF icon policy_principles_digital_services_act_-_pl_v2.pdf
Letter to PayPal and Venmo from EFF and others Tuesday, June 15, 2021 PDF icon paypal_venmo_letter_from_eff_et_al._06.15.2021.pdf
Amicus brief Monday, June 14, 2021 Free Speech PDF icon 2021-06-14_motion_dckt_69_1.pdf
Federal Agency of News amended complaint Monday, August 19, 2019

Federal Agency of News v. Facebook

Amended complaint

PDF icon fan_amended_complaint.pdf
Federal Agency of News original complaint Tuesday, November 20, 2018

Federal Agency of News v. Facebook

Original Complaint

PDF icon fan_original_complaint.pdf
Daniels v. YouTube Motion to Dismiss Thursday, August 20, 2020

Daniels v. YouTube

YouTube's Motion to Dismiss, 8/20/2020

PDF icon daniels_mtd.pdf
Daniels v. YouTube MTD First Amended Complaint Tuesday, April 27, 2021

YouTube's motion to dismiss First Amended Complaint

PDF icon daniels_mtd_fac.pdf
Curling v. Raffensberg Amicus Wednesday, June 9, 2021 Election Security PDF icon curling_v._raffensberger_amicus.pdf
EFF Amicus brief re: Alliance for Automotive Innovation v. Healey Tuesday, June 8, 2021 Defend Your Right to Repair! PDF icon brief-ifixit-aai-pretrial.pdf
2021-05-06 - EFF comments re proposed HIPAA regs Thursday, June 3, 2021 PDF icon 2021-05-06_-_eff_comments_re_hipaa_regs.pdf
Amicus Br of EFF CDT PK and Libraries in Sony v Cox Tuesday, June 1, 2021 PDF icon 21-01168_eff_cdt_pk_libraries_sony_v._cox_amicus_file_endorsed.pdf
EFF Letter to CA AG--LAPD/Ring Wednesday, June 2, 2021 Privacy, Locational Privacy, Transparency, Street-Level Surveillance, Digital Rights and the Black-led Movement Against Police Violence PDF icon lapdringletter2.pdf
Declaration Second Witness Statement of Cindy Cohn Wednesday, May 26, 2021 PDF icon c_cohn_-_second_witness_statement_-_feb_2015_to_cindy_-final_-_for_signature_clean24.pdf
American Cable Association et al v. Bonta - 9th Circuit Reply Brief of American Cable Association, et al Tuesday, May 25, 2021 Net Neutrality PDF icon american_cable_association_et_al_v._bonta_-_9th_circuit_reply_brief_of_american_cable_association.pdf
EFF v. POST Complaint Friday, May 21, 2021 Fair Use, Copyright Trolls, Transparency, Digital Rights and the Black-led Movement Against Police Violence PDF icon eff_v._post_complaint.pdf
Alfa Bank v. Doe - Appellate Court Order (05.19.2021) Wednesday, May 19, 2021 Anonymity PDF icon 20210519_opinion.pdf
Alfa Bank v. Doe - EFF appellate amicus brief (3.12.2021) Friday, March 12, 2021 Anonymity PDF icon 20210312_brief_of_amicus_curiae_electronic_frontier_foundation.pdf
EFF Letter to Senate Commerce Committee on Safe Connections Act Wednesday, April 28, 2021
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.
PDF icon safe_connections_act_letter_-_2021.04.28.pdf
State of Washington v. Landmark Technology complaint Thursday, May 13, 2021

State of Washington v. Landmark Technology complaint

Patent Trolls PDF icon washington_v_landmark_complaint.pdf
State of California v. Alvin Davis Amicus Brief Tuesday, May 18, 2021 PDF icon c089567_eff_amicus_application_and_brief.pdf
In re Search Information Stored at Premises Controlled by Google, No. 20 M 392 (N.D. Ill. July 24, 2020) (unsealed on Sept. 10, 2020) PDF icon in_re_search_information_stored_at_premises_controlled_by_google_no._20_m_392_n.d._ill._july_24_2020.pdf
City of Fullerton v. Friends For Fullerton's Future - settlement agreement Friday, May 14, 2021 Computer Fraud And Abuse Act Reform PDF icon large-copier_20210512_175939.pdf
DOJ Response to UTLP Letter Wednesday, January 13, 2021

DOJ Response to Letter on University Technology Licensing Program (UTLP)

PDF icon doj_response_to_utlp.pdf
Memo to UC Regents re: Patent Licensing LLC Thursday, September 17, 2020

Memo to UC Board of Regents

PDF icon uclp_recommendation.pdf
UTLP Letter to DOJ Friday, August 14, 2020

University Technology Licensing Program Letter to DOJ

Sullivan & Cromwell

PDF icon utlp_letter_to_doj.pdf
American Cable Association et al. v. Bonta - 9th Circuit Amicus Brief of Professors of Communications Law and Media Democracy Fund in Support of Bonta Tuesday, May 11, 2021 Net Neutrality PDF icon american_cable_association_et_al._v._bonta_-_9th_circuit_amicus_brief_of_professors_of_communications_law_and_media_democracy_fund_in_support_of_bonta_2021.05.11_.pdf
American Cable Association et al. v. Bonta - 9th Circuit Amicus Brief of NY, CT, DE, HI, IL, MN, MD, MA, MI, MN, NJ, NM, OR, PA, RI, VT, WA, WI, DC in Support of Bonta Tuesday, May 11, 2021 Net Neutrality PDF icon american_cable_association_et_al._v._bonta_-_9th_circuit_amicus_brief_of_ny_ct_de_hi_il_mn_md_ma_mi_mn_nj_nm_or_pa_ri_vt_wa_wi_dc_in_support_of_bonta_2021.05.11_.pdf
American Cable Association et al. v. Bonta - 9th Circuit Amicus Brief of Internet Law Professors in Support of Bonta Tuesday, May 11, 2021 Net Neutrality PDF icon american_cable_association_et_al._v._bonta_-_9th_circuit_amicus_brief_of_internet_law_professors_in_support_of_bonta_2021.05.11_.pdf
American Cable Association et al. v. Bonta - 9th Circuit Amicus Brief of Access Now, Mozilla Corp, Public Knowledge, OTI, etc. in Support of Bonta Tuesday, May 11, 2021 Net Neutrality PDF icon american_cable_association_et_al._v._bonta_-_9th_circuit_amicus_brief_of_access_now_mozilla_corp_public_knowledge_oti_etc._in_support_of_bonta_2021.05.11_.pdf
American Cable Association et al. v. Bonta - 9th Circuit Amicus Brief of County of Santa Clara, California and Six Local Governments in Support of Bonta Tuesday, May 11, 2021 Net Neutrality PDF icon american_cable_association_et_al._v._bonta_-_9th_circuit_amicus_brief_of_county_of_santa_clara_california_and_six_local_governments_in_support_of_bonta_2021.05.11_.pdf
American Cable Association et al. v. Bonta - 9th Circuit Amicus Brief of EFF, ACLU NorCal, ACLU SoCal Benton Institute, etc. in Support of Bonta Tuesday, May 11, 2021 Net Neutrality PDF icon american_cable_association_et_al._v._bonta_-_9th_circuit_amicus_brief_of_eff_aclu_norcal_aclu_socal_benton_institute_etc._in_support_of_bonta_2021.05.11_.pdf
American Cable Association et al. v. Bonta - Letter to the Court re Substitution of Appellee Monday, April 26, 2021 Net Neutrality PDF icon american_cable_association_et_al._v._bonta_-_letter_to_the_court_re_substitution_of_appellee_2021.04.26.pdf
Hawk Tech v. TANK complaint Friday, October 21, 2016 PDF icon 2_16-cv-00186-art-cjs_1_primary_document.pdf
Hawk Tech v. TANK claim chart Wednesday, May 12, 2021

Hawk Tech v. TANK claim chart

PDF icon 2_16-cv-00186-art-cjs_1_exhibit_claim_chart.pdf
DSA_recommendations_parliament_council Thursday, May 6, 2021 PDF icon dsa_recommendations_parliament_council.pdf
American Cable Association et al. v. Bonta - 9th Circuit Answering Brief of Bonta Tuesday, May 4, 2021 Net Neutrality PDF icon american_cable_association_et_al._v._bonta_-_9th_circuit_answering_brief_of_bonta_2021.05.06.pdf
Hawk Tech v. Canton Public School District Complaint Wednesday, August 1, 2018

Hawk Tech v. Canton Public School District Complaint

PDF icon hawk_v_canton_psd.pdf
Hawk Tech Seon TANK brochure Friday, October 21, 2016

Hawk Technology LLC v. Transit Authority of Northern Kentucky

Exhibit A 

Filed 10/21/2016

PDF icon seon_tank_brochure.pdf
Hawk Tech v. City of Mobile Complaint Tuesday, October 20, 2020

Hawk Tech v. City of Mobile and Ladd-Peebles Stadium 

PDF icon hawk_tech_mobile_complaint.pdf
Hawk Tech EE claim chart Tuesday, October 20, 2020

Hawk Tech claim chart re: Eagle Eye

PDF icon hawk_tech_ee_claim_chart.pdf
Hawk Tech patent assignment Thursday, April 29, 2021

Hawk Tech patent assignment

Stupid Patent of the Month PDF icon hawk_patent_assignment.pdf
Hawk v. JSAN Subs Complaint Friday, September 4, 2020

Hawk v. JSAN Subs Complaint

Patent Trolls PDF icon hawk_jsan_complaint.pdf
Hawk Tech v. Castle Retail Complaint Tuesday, October 20, 2020

Hawk Tech v. Castle Retail Complaint

Patent Trolls PDF icon hawk_castle_retail_complaint.pdf
Hawk Tech v. Castle Retail Motion to Dismiss Thursday, April 29, 2021

Hawk Tech v. Castle Retail Motion to Dismiss

Patent Trolls, Stupid Patent of the Month PDF icon castle_retail_mtd.pdf
Letter to White House on WTO TRIPS Waiver on COVID-19 vaccines Wednesday, April 28, 2021

Letter from civil society organizations urging the Biden Administration to use its full authority to remove barriers to distributing vaccines created by intellectual property provisions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

PDF icon zients_ip_and_vaccines_letter_4-19-21.pdf
State v. Pauli - Court of Appeals Opinion Saturday, April 24, 2021 PDF icon State v. Pauli - Court of Appeals Opinion
State v. Pauli - Minnesota Supreme Court - Appellant (Pauli) Brief Saturday, April 24, 2021 PDF icon State v. Pauli - Minnesota Supreme Court - Appellant (Pauli) Brief
State v. Pauli - Minnesota Supreme Court - EFF & ACLU Amicus Brief Saturday, April 24, 2021 Privacy PDF icon State v. Pauli - Minnesota Supreme Court - EFF & ACLU Amicus Brief
Data Set - Data Driven 2: California Dragnet Thursday, April 22, 2021

Data Driven 2: California Dragnet is a dataset based on public records requests filed by EFF and students at the University of Nevada, Reno Reynolds School of Journalism. It accompanies the report, Data Driven 2: California Dragnet - New Dataset Shows Scale of Vehicle Surveillance in the Golden State.

Last update: April 22, 2021.  

Street-Level Surveillance File data_driven_2_california_dragnet_04.22.2021.xlsx
California Public Road Data - Highway Performance Monitoring System (2015-2019) Thursday, April 22, 2021 Package icon hpms_excel_data_2015-2019-20210422t154702z-001.zip
Johnson v. Proctorio complaint Wednesday, April 21, 2021 Fair Use, Copyright Trolls, DMCA, Student Privacy, Free Speech, Face Surveillance PDF icon 2021-04-21_johnson-proctorio_-_complaint_-_as_efiled1.pdf
Senators and Representatives Send Letter on Predictive Policing Monday, April 19, 2021 PDF icon 041521_wyden_led_letter_to_doj_on_predictive_policing_tech.pdf
EFF Comment 2021 DMCA Rulemaking Reply (Jailbreaking) Monday, April 19, 2021 PDF icon class_11_reply_electronic_frontier_foundation.pdf
EFF Comment 2021 DMCA Rulemaking Reply (Jailbreaking) Monday, April 19, 2021 Fair Use, Creativity & Innovation, Defend Your Right to Repair!, DMCA Rulemaking, DMCA PDF icon class_11_reply_electronic_frontier_foundation.pdf
EFF Comment 2021 DMCA Rulemaking (Jailbreaking) Monday, April 19, 2021 Creativity & Innovation PDF icon class_11_initialcomments_electronic_frontier_foundation.pdf
EFF Comment 2021 DMCA Rulemaking Reply (Repair) Monday, April 19, 2021 Creativity & Innovation
EFF Comment 2021 DMCA Rulemaking (Repair) Monday, April 19, 2021 Creativity & Innovation, Fair Use, Defend Your Right to Repair!, DMCA Rulemaking, DMCA PDF icon class_12_initialcomments_electronic_frontier_foundation.pdf
American Cable Association et al. v. Becerra - 9th Circuit Amicus Brief of Christopher S. Yoo In Support of ACA, et al. Tuesday, April 13, 2021 Net Neutrality PDF icon american_cable_association_et_al._v._becerra_-_9th_circuit_amicus_brief_of_christopher_s._yoo_in_support_of_aca_et_al._2021.04.13.pdf
American Cable Association et al. v. Becerra - 9th Circuit Amicus Brief of International Center for Law & Economics In Support of ACA, et al. Tuesday, April 13, 2021 Net Neutrality PDF icon american_cable_association_et_al._v._becerra_-_9th_circuit_amicus_brief_of_international_center_for_law_economics_in_support_of_aca_et_al._2021.04.13.pdf
American Cable Association et al. v. Becerra - 9th Circuit Amicus Brief of TechFreedom In Support of ACA, et al. Tuesday, April 13, 2021 Net Neutrality PDF icon american_cable_association_et_al._v._becerra_-_9th_circuit_amicus_brief_of_techfreedom_in_support_of_aca_et_al._2021.04.13.pdf
American Cable Association et al. v. Becerra - 9th Circuit Amicus Brief of U.S. Chamber of Commerce In Support of ACA, et al. Tuesday, April 13, 2021 Net Neutrality PDF icon american_cable_association_et_al._v._becerra_-_9th_circuit_amicus_brief_of_u.s._chamber_of_commerce_in_support_of_aca_et_al._2021.04.13_.pdf
American Cable Association et al. v. Becerra - 9th Circuit Opening Brief of ACA, et al. Tuesday, April 6, 2021 Net Neutrality PDF icon american_cable_association_et_al._v._becerra_-_9th_circuit_opening_brief_of_aca_et_al._2021.04.06_.pdf
FIRE and EFF Letter to Dartmouth Wednesday, April 14, 2021 PDF icon fire_and_eff_letter_to_dartmouth_college_march_30_2021.pdf
Statistical Fallacy Letter to Geisel School of Medicine Wednesday, April 14, 2021 PDF icon statiscal_fallacy_letter_to_geisel.pdf
State v. Burns (Iowa Supreme Court) —EFF & ACLU Amicus Brief Friday, April 9, 2021

State v. Burns (Iowa Supreme Court) —EFF & ACLU Amicus Brief

Biometrics, Genetic Information Privacy PDF icon 20-1150_famc_362171_amicus_brief.pdf
Rock The Vote v. Trump - Coalition Letter to President Biden Wednesday, April 7, 2021 PDF icon 2021.04.06_coalition_letter_to_biden_re_230_eo_final.pdf
Google v. Oracle opinion Monday, April 5, 2021 PDF icon google_v._oracle_-_opinion.pdf
Letter to ICANN Board about Ethos Acquisition of Donuts Wednesday, March 31, 2021 PDF icon letter_to_icann_board_re_ethos-donuts_from_eff_03.31.2021.pdf
Hepp v FB amicus Wednesday, March 31, 2021 PDF icon heppvfacebookamicus.pdf
Minneapois Face Recognition Ban Saturday, February 20, 2021

Ordinance No. 2021-006 City of Minneapolis File No. 2020-00681

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EFF Amicus Brief B.L. v. Mahanoy Wednesday, March 31, 2021 Free Speech, Student Privacy, Social Networks, Social Media Surveillance, Mobile devices PDF icon 20-255_brief_for_amici_curiae.pdf
Frasier v. Evans (10th Cir. 2021) OPINION Monday, March 29, 2021 Right to Record PDF icon 2021-03-29_frasier_v_evans_-_10th_cir_opinion.pdf
New York 2005 PUC analysis of franchise power over broadband Monday, March 29, 2021 PDF icon puc_staff_white_paper.pdf
NLG v. Hayward - opinion Thursday, May 28, 2020 Transparency PDF icon nlg_v_hayward_cpra_fees_for_redacting_bodycam_footage.pdf
2021-03-09 - Letter opposing IL HBs 559 and 560 Friday, March 26, 2021 PDF icon 2021-03-09_-_letter_opposing_il_hbs_559_and_560.pdf
EFF Letter to Mountain Project re OpenBeta Redacted Thursday, March 25, 2021 PDF icon ltt_hammer_re_openbeta_redacted.pdf
Scott v. AT&T - Order Dismissing Case Tuesday, February 16, 2021 PDF icon 2021-02-16_order_dckt_147_0.pdf
Scott v. AT&T - AT&T Response re Call Routing Monday, February 8, 2021 PDF icon 2021-02-08_response_dckt_145_0.pdf
Scott v. AT&T - Plaintiffs Brief re Call Routing Monday, February 1, 2021 PDF icon 2021.02.19_plaintiffs_brief_re_call_routing.pdf
Scott v. AT&T - Order Regarding Further Evidence Monday, December 7, 2020 PDF icon 2020.12.07_order_re_further_evidence.pdf
Scott v. AT&T - Plaintiffs Response re Further Briefing Monday, December 14, 2020 PDF icon 2020.12.14_plaintiffs_further_briefing.pdf
Scott v. AT&T - AT&T Wetterings Declaration Tuesday, November 24, 2020 PDF icon 2020-11-24_declaration_dckt_129_0.pdf
Scott v. AT&T - AT&T Reynes Declaration Tuesday, November 24, 2020 PDF icon 2020-11-24_declaration_dckt_128_0.pdf
Scott v. AT&T - AT&T 2nd Hill Declaration Tuesday, November 24, 2020 PDF icon 2020-11-24_declaration_dckt_127_0.pdf
Scott v. AT&T - AT&T Notice Regarding Further Briefing Tuesday, November 24, 2020 PDF icon 2020-11-24_notice_dckt_126_0.pdf
Scott v. AT&T - Order Requiring Further Briefing Tuesday, November 10, 2020 PDF icon 2020-11-10_order_requiring_further_dckt_122_0.pdf
Scott v. AT&T - Plaintiffs Opposition to AT&T Motion to Dismiss Friday, October 30, 2020 PDF icon 2020-10-30_response_dckt_112_0.pdf
Scott v. AT&T - Order Limiting Jurisdictional Discovery Wednesday, July 8, 2020 PDF icon 2020-07-08_order_dckt_96_0.pdf
FCC Notice of Apparent Liability - AT&T Friday, February 28, 2020 PDF icon fcc-20-26a1.pdf
Scott v. AT&T - Order Granting Stipulation to Jurisdictional Discovery Wednesday, January 15, 2020 PDF icon 2020-01-15_order_dckt_83_0.pdf
Scott v. AT&T - Hill Declaration Exhibit in support of AT&T Motion to Dismiss Wednesday, November 27, 2019 PDF icon 2019-11-27_motion_dckt_73_2.pdf
Scott v. AT&T - Declaration of Greg Hill in support of AT&T Motion to Dismiss Wednesday, November 27, 2019 PDF icon 2019-11-27_motion_dckt_73_1.pdf
Scott v. AT&T - AT&T Motion to Dismiss For Lack of Jurisdiction Wednesday, November 27, 2019 PDF icon 2019-11-27_motion_dckt_73_0.pdf
Scott v. AT&T - AT&T Reply In Support of Motion to Compel Arbitration Wednesday, November 27, 2019 PDF icon 2019-11-27_reply_dckt_74_0.pdf
Scott v. AT&T - Plaintiffs Opposition to AT&T Motion to Compel Arbitration Friday, October 25, 2019 PDF icon 2019-10-25_response_in_opposition_to_att_motion_to_compel_arbitrationdckt_63_0.pdf
Scott v. AT&T - AT&T Motion to Compel Arbitration Wednesday, September 11, 2019 PDF icon n.d._cal._19-cv-04063_dckt_000035_000_filed_2019-09-11.pdf
EFF letter re "Virtual Coachella" video Thursday, March 18, 2021

EFF's reply to cease-&-desist letter re "Virtual Coachella" parody video

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DCA Comments 03/05/2021 Monday, March 15, 2021 PDF icon dca_tillis_section_by_section_eff-_commentary_3.5.21.pdf
Creators Letter 03/05/2021 Monday, March 15, 2021 PDF icon internet_creators_final_v11.pdf
TransUnion Amicus brief Wednesday, March 10, 2021 Privacy, Big Tech, Security, Social Networks, Search Engines PDF icon final_transunion_amicus1.pdf
Letter to ISPs about DNS Privacy Wednesday, March 10, 2021 Privacy PDF icon isp_letter_re_dns_privacy.pdf
AFP v Beccera EFF Amicus Tuesday, March 9, 2021 Privacy, Free Speech, Anonymity PDF icon afp_amicus_brief_as_filed.pdf
New Jersey Body-Worn Camera Survey 2020 Tuesday, March 9, 2021

This Excel file represents the data from a survey conducted by the New Jersey Attorney General's Office. The data was scraped using CometDocs by the Electronic Frontier Foundation and students from the Reynolds School of Journalism at the University of Nevada, Reno.

File new_jersey_body-worn_camera_survey_2020.xlsx
Campus Police Surveillance Dataset Tuesday, March 9, 2021

This dataset accompanies the March 9, 2021 report "Scholars Under Surveillance: How Campus Police Use High Tech to Spy on Students." Hailey Rodis, a student at the Reynolds School of Journalism at the University of Nevada, Reno, was the primary data wrangler on this project. 

File scholars_unders_surveillance_dataset_03-03-2021.csv
Brief for Electronic Frontier Found. et al. as Amici Curiae, State v. Burch, No. 2019-AP-1404-CR (Wis. Mar. 4, 2021) Thursday, March 4, 2021 Privacy PDF icon 2021.3.4_-_burch_amicus_br._filed.pdf
Why You Can't Sue Your Broadband Monopoly Wednesday, March 3, 2021

Legal analysis by EFF Legal Fellow Josh Srago on the implications of antitrust liability for broadband providers if Congress were to repeal Trinko and Credit Suisse

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MediaJustice v. DHS - COVID-19 FOIA COMPLAINT Thursday, February 18, 2021 PDF icon d.d.c._21-cv-00430_dckt_000001_000_filed_2021-02-18-1.pdf
Doe v. Hopkinton Public Schools - EFF Amicus Brief Thursday, February 11, 2021 Free Speech PDF icon hopkinton_amicus_brief_-_first_circuit.pdf
Vice Media MTD Memo Monday, August 17, 2020

BYD Co. v. Vice Media

Vice Media Memorandum in Support of Motion to Dismiss

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BYD v. Association of American Manufacturing Complaint Wednesday, November 25, 2020

BYD v. Alliance for American Manufacturing; Scott Norman Paul; Cathalijne Adams, and Matthew McMullan 

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BYD v. Vice Complaint Monday, April 27, 2020

BYD v. Vice Media defamation complaint

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Privacy Without Monopoly: Data Protection and Interoperability Friday, February 12, 2021 PDF icon Privacy Without Monopoly: Data Protection and Interoperability
EFF and R Street Amicus Amicus Br. ISO Rehearing in Bio-Rad v. 10X Tuesday, February 9, 2021 Patents PDF icon 2020-10-15_motion_dckt_10xamicus_brief.pdf
Comments of EFF re Discretionary Denial of IPRs Tuesday, February 9, 2021 Patents PDF icon eff_comments_re_uspto_discretion_to_deny_institution_of_ptab_trials.pdf
Comments of EFF to USPTO re Design Patent-Eligibility Tuesday, February 9, 2021 Patents PDF icon eff_comments_re_uspto_design_patent_eligibility.pdf
Coalition Letter to the DOJ Concerning the Prosecution of Julian Assange Monday, February 8, 2021

The prosecution of Julian Assange for charges related to his publications of government documents on the whistleblower website Wikileaks poses a grave threat to press freedom, EFF, Freedom of the Press Foundation and other human rights organizations argue. In an open letter published today, we call on President Biden’s acting Attorney General Monty Wilkinson to halt the prosecution and the threat of extradition.

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AAM Memo in support of MTD Monday, February 1, 2021

AAM Memo in support of MTD

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AAM Motion to Dismiss Monday, February 8, 2021

AAM Motion to Dismiss

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Linkletter Affidavit Friday, October 16, 2020

Proctorio v. Linkletter

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Linkletter Notice of Application of Defendant Friday, October 16, 2020

Proctorio Inc. v. Ian Linkletter

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Proctorio Notice of Application Tuesday, September 1, 2020

Proctorio Inc. v. Ian Linkletter

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Proctorio Notice of Civil Claim Tuesday, September 1, 2020

Proctorio Inc. v. Ian Linkletter

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Joint Civil Society Response to the provisional draft text on “Joint investigation teams and joint investigations”, “Expedited disclosure of stored computer data in an emergency” and “Requests for domain name registration information” of the Cybercrime Co Wednesday, February 3, 2021 PDF icon submission-coe-december-15-final.pdf
observing-police-surveillance-protests-espanol-transcript Monday, February 1, 2021 PDF icon copia-de-spanish-training-slides-observing-police-surveillance-protests-transcript.pdf
Copia de Spanish Training Slides - Observing Police Surveillance at Protests Monday, February 1, 2021 PDF icon copia_de_spanish_training_slides_-_observing_police_surveillance_at_protests.pdf
Amicus brief in Merrifield Friday, January 8, 2021 PDF icon merrifield_amicus_brief_final.pdf
Coalition Letter Supporting Oakland's Privacy Advisory Commission’s Proposed Amendments Prohibiting the Use of Predictive Policing and Biometric Surveillance Technologies Thursday, December 10, 2020 Electronic Frontier Alliance, Biometrics, Street-Level Surveillance PDF icon oakccordinanceamendments12-10-20.pdf
OAKLAND ORDINANCE AMENDING OAKLAND MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 9.64, WHICH REGULATES THE CITY’S ACQUISITION AND USE OF SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY Tuesday, January 12, 2021

ORDINANCE AMENDING OAKLAND MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 9.64, WHICH REGULATES THE CITY’S ACQUISITION AND USE OF SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY, BY (A):
(1) CLARIFYING EXISTING DEFINITIONS AND ADDING NEW ONES;
(2) CLARIFYING WHEN CITY STAFF MUST NOTIFY THE PRIVACY ADVISORY COMMISSION AND/OR SEEK CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL IN REGARDS TO THE ACQUISITION OF SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY;
(3) PROHIBITING THE CITY’S USE OF BIOMETRIC SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY AND PREDICTIVE POLICING TECHNOLOGY; AND
(B) ADOPTING CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT EXEMPTION FINDINGS

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