Visualizing Google's Transparency Report, Part 1: What Countries Are Asking Google For User Data?
This post was written by Katitza Rodriguez, EFF and Olivia Solis, SHARE Defense
EFF is excited to announce this, a visual collaboration with SHARE Defense, a new international advocacy group created by the Balkan Share Foundation this year with the goal of engaging in public policy...
Secret Service Reopens Aaron Swartz Freedom of Information Act Requests
The U.S. Secret Service is reopening all Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests it had previously denied regarding the late Internet activist Aaron Swartz. The news was first broken via twitter by Truthout journalist Jason Leopold, who was one of the first reporters to request...
Under CISPA, Who Can Get Your Data?
Under CISPA, companies can collect your information in order to "protect the rights and property" of the company, and then share that information with third parties, including the government, so long as it is for "cybersecurity purposes." Companies aren't required to strip out personally identifiable information from the data...
EFF Backs New California Bill to Protect Email Privacy
Sacramento - Senator Mark Leno today announced the introduction of groundbreaking new legislation that protects email privacy. Senate Bill 467, sponsored by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), requires state law enforcement agencies to obtain a warrant before asking service providers to hand over a private citizen's emails.
"No...
EFF Joins Coalition Urging White House to Veto CISPA
Thirty-seven digital rights groups and businesses have come together this week to urge the White House to defend privacy and promise to veto the dangerous cybersecurity bill CISPA. Such legislation poses a number of privacy risks to individuals, allowing levels of information sharing between companies and the government that supersede...
Defend the Open Web: Keep DRM Out of W3C Standards
Visualizando el Informe de Transparencia de Google, parte 2: ¿Cuando el Estado llama a la puerta, ¿Cómo Responde Google?
Este articulo ha sido escrito por Katitza Rodriguez (EFF) y Olivia Solis (SHARE Defense)
Desde que Google comenzó a publicar su reporte de transparencia tres años atras, la demanda de datos de usuarios solo ha incrementado para Google - una tendencia que no muestra signos de disminuir. Cómo...
Twitter Co-Founder Jack Dorsey Joins a Growing List of Internet Giants Whose Careers Could Have Been Ruined By the CFAA
Since the untimely death of activist Aaron Swartz in January, EFF has been pushing for Congress to reform the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), the law that hands out wildly disproportionate penalties for computer crimes, chills innovation, and potentially turns every computer user into a criminal. And...
Visualizando del Informe de Transparencia de Google, Parte 3: ¿Qué países solicitan la mayor proporción de datos de los Netizen?
Este artículo ha sido escrito por Katitza Rodriguez (EFF) y Olivia Solis (SHARE Defense)
El informe de Transparencia de Google ofrece información país por país, de las estadísticas sobre las peticiones que recibe Google del estado sobre datos personales de carácter privado. A continuación EFF y SHARE...
Visualizando el Informe de Transparencia de Google, Parte 1: ¿Qué países están pidiendo a Google los datos de sus usuarios?
Este articulo ha sido escrito por Katitza Rodriguez (EFF) y Olivia Solis (SHARE Defense)
EFF se complace en anunciar la colaboración visual con SHARE Defense, un grupo activista creado por el ShareFoundation con el objetivo de participar en los debates sobre políticas públicas en materia de derechos...
