New Decision Shows How Businesses Can Challenge Warrantless Records Collection, Even if You Can't
Much of the debate over modern surveillance—including the NSA mass spying controversy—has centered around whether people can reasonably expect that records about their telephone and Internet activity can remain private when those records belong to someone else: the service providers. Courts have disagreed on whether the 1979 Supreme...
2013 in Review: States Stepping Up Digital Privacy Protection
As the year draws to a close, EFF is looking back at the major trends influencing digital rights in 2013 and discussing where we are in the fight for free expression, innovation, fair use, and privacy. Click here to read other blog posts in this series.
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2013 in Review: EFF Convinces Court to Declare National Security Letters Unconstitutional - President's Panel Agrees
As the year draws to a close, EFF is looking back at the major trends influencing digital rights in 2013 and discussing where we are in the fight for free expression, innovation, fair use, and privacy. Click here to read other blog posts in this series.
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2013 in Review: Tragedy Brings CFAA Into the Spotlight
As the year draws to a close, EFF is looking back at the major trends influencing digital rights in 2013 and discussing where we are in the fight for free expression, innovation, fair use, and privacy. Click here to read other blog posts in this series.
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Landmark Decision Important Beyond NSA Phone Records Collection
The historic decision handed down by D.C. federal judge Richard Leon last week that found the NSA's bulk collection of phone records likely violated the Fourth Amendment is a crucial first step towards protecting digital privacy from suspicionless government searches. But the importance of the decision extends...
As Outrage Over Cell Phone Tracking Grows, EFF Amicus Asks for Warrant Requirement
Alarming information about just how frequently law enforcement officials across the country (not to mention the NSA) are trying to get cell phone data, including your location, seem to be published in the news media every day. With these privacy concerns in mind, last week we filed an ...
EFF Amicus Brief: Video Surveillance of a Home for a Month Without a Warrant Violates Fourth Amendment
Just because a jogger can see the outside of your home on a public street doesn’t mean you’ve surrendered all your privacy expectations in the home. However, that seemingly obvious concept is being put to the test in a federal criminal case in Washington state, which involves the constitutionality of...
UPDATE: EFF Appeals Chevron's Speech-Chilling Subpoena
On Halloween of this year, EFF and EarthRights International (ERI) filed an appeal in the Second Circuit (PDF) to protect the rights of dozens of environmental activists, journalists, and attorneys from a sweeping subpoena to Microsoft issued by the Chevron Corporation. Both the Republic of Ecuador (PDF) and...
San Diego Gets in Your Face With New Mobile Identification System
The San Diego regional planning agency, SANDAG, has been quietly rolling out a new mobile face recognition system that will sharply change how police conduct simple stops on Americans. The system, which allows officers to use mobile devices to collect face images out in the field, already has...
EFF Submits Sentencing Support Letter for Jeremy Hammond
In our ongoing efforts to rein in the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), we submitted a support letter on behalf of Jeremy Hammond on Wednesday, asking for leniency from the New York federal judge who is about to sentence him for hacking into private intelligence contractor Stratfor.
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