Massachusetts Court Blocks Warrantless Access to Real-Time Cell Phone Location Data
There's heartening news for our location privacy out of Massachusetts this week. The Supreme Judicial Court, the state's highest court, ruled that police access to real-time cell phone location data—whether it comes from a phone company or from technology like a cell site simulator—intrudes on a person’s reasonable expectation...
End the NSA's Invasive Call Detail Records Program Once and for All
California Assembly’s Privacy Committee Votes to Weaken Landmark Privacy Law
Eleven Teams Entered EFF's Third Annual Tech Trivia. Three Left (Victorious).
The Cybertiger is vicious. He is cunning. And he is full of dad jokes. Last week, EFF’s Cooper “Cybertiger” Quintin led three judges and eleven teams in five challenging (and comic) rounds of tech trivia, covering everything from fictional search engines in television to historical messaging protocols to ancient cryptography...
California's Assembly Privacy Committee Will Consider Only Industry Bills
We are disappointed the California Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee will not hear A.B. 1760, which would have substantially strengthened the California Consumer Privacy Act.Tomorrow, the Privacy Committee will instead vote on several bills backed by Big Tech interests that will erode the CCPA and the promises this...
The Mueller Report Can’t Be Copyrighted, Is Flagged by Copyright Bots Anyway
Did you know that anything created by federal government employees, under American law, can’t be copyrighted? They go right into the public domain. That means it’s impossible for there to be any copyright infringement on, say, a report by the Special Counsel on the investigation into the President and...
Google's Sensorvault Can Tell Police Where You've Been
Do you know where you were five years ago? Did you have an Android phone at the time? It turns out Google might know—and it might be telling law enforcement.In a new article, the New York Times details a little-known technique increasingly used by law enforcement to figure out...
California Attorney General Must Investigate Improper Database Searches on Community Observers at Controversial Police Event
Update August 29, 2019: The California Department of Justice finished its investigation and concluded that misuse did not occur. For more information, read Tracy Rosenberg's report on the Media Alliance blog. This is a guest post by Tracy Rosenberg, executive director of Media Alliance. It was originally published on...
Californians Want and Deserve Stronger Privacy Laws
California made strides to protect privacy last year with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). This year, we want to make sure that the state has tools necessary to make sure it can enforce that law, and that everyone will be able to stand up for their own privacy...
The Ecuadorean Authorities Have No Reason to Detain Free Software Developer Ola Bini
Hours after the ejection of Julian Assange from the London Ecuadorean embassy last week, police officers in Ecuador detained the Swedish citizen and open source developer Ola Bini. They seized him as he prepared to travel from his home in Quito to Japan, claiming that he was attempting...
