Global Network Initiative Gets an Inside Look at Tech Firms’ Human Rights Practices
On April 18, the Global Network Initiative (GNI) released its annual report documenting third-party assessments conducted in 2011 and 2012 for GNI’s three founding corporate participants: Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft. GNI was formed to bring major Internet companies together with human rights organizations to improve practices around human rights, privacy...
NY Twitter Decision Fails to Recognize Content and Location Data Require a Warrant
A New York judge's broad opinion, ordering Twitter to comply with a subpoena (PDF) and turn over account information about one of its users arrested for disorderly conduct in connection with an Occupy Wall Street protest, is worse the deeper you dig into it.
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And the Privacy Invasion Award Goes To …
Who’s playing fast and loose with your data? The Big Brother Awards, billed as the “Oscars for data leeches” by the hackers and privacy advocates who hand out the prizes, shine a high-intensity spotlight on companies and individuals with poor privacy track records. Since 1998, Privacy International and...
EFF to Testify at Hearings on Expanding DMCA Exemptions for Jailbreaking and Video Remixing
Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles - Experts from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) will testify at public hearings held by the U.S. Copyright Office this month, urging officials to renew and expand the critical exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) that the Copyright Office granted in 2009 in...
The 2012 DMCA Rulemaking: A Primer
Every three years the U.S. Copyright Office considers granting exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s prohibition against circumventing measures that control access to digital copyrighted works. The first hearing in the 2012 DMCA rulemaking proceeding is set for this Friday, May 11, and we thought folks might want to...
Twitter Fights Back Against NY Judge's Sweeping Order
In our inaugural "Who Has Your Back" campaign, we applauded Twitter for being one of the rare technology companies to fight for and defend their users' rights in courts. We're happy to see that they're continuing to stand up to protect the free speech and privacy rights of...
Law Professors Call for TPP Transparency
As the opaque proceedings surrounding the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) continue, a group of 32 law professors from current and potential future negotiating countries have written a letter to the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Ron Kirk condemning the lack of transparency. The letter comes as a new round of...
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The Third Annual D(EFF)CONtest Begins!
Heads up, hackers — if you want to help support EFF’s Coders’ Rights Project and do DEF CON right, then go all in with our Third Annual D(EFF)CONtest. You could hit the jackpot with a stay at the Rio, DEF CON 20 Human Badges, passes to the exclusive...
TPP Exposed: a Video to Raise Awareness about the Agreement's Secretive Negotiations
The next round of secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement negotiations begin today in Dallas, Texas. Once again, civil society and other public stakeholder representatives will be shut out of the official meetings, despite the vast impact this international agreement will have on economies and societies around the world. A number...
