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EFF Tells Virginia Court That Constitutional Privacy Protections Forbid Cops from Finding out Everyone Who Searched for a Keyword
This post was co-authored by EFF legal intern Noam Shemtov.
We are in a constant dialogue with Internet search engines, ranging from the mundane to the confessional. We ask search engines everything: What movies are playing (and which are worth seeing)…
Data Brokers are Selling Your Flight Information to CBP and ICE
For many years, data brokers have existed in the shadows, exploiting gaps in privacy laws to harvest our information—all for their own profit. They sell our precise movements without our knowledge or meaningful consent to a variety of private and state…
EFF to US Court of Appeals: Protect Taxpayer Privacy
EFF has filed an amicus brief in Trabajadores v. Bessent, a case concerning the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) sharing protected personal tax information with the Department of Homeland Security for the purposes of immigration enforcement. Our expertis…
How to Build on Washington’s “My Health, My Data” Act
In 2023, the State of Washington enacted one of the strongest consumer data privacy laws in recent years: the “my health my data” act (HB 1155). EFF commends the civil rights, data privacy, and reproductive justice advocates who worked to pass this law…
Surveillance powers will help to unmask online bullies
Police are to use sweeping new surveillance powers to unmask anonymous internet bullies and bring them to justice. A new power that forces internet …
Welcome to HTTP error code 451: Unavailable for legal reasons
There’s a new addition to the 400 family of error codes: give a hearty welcome to newcomer 451, the HTTP code that lets you …
WhatsApp blocked in Brazil after it refuses to hand over user data
On Thursday, a Brazilian judge overturned a 48-hour block of WhatsApp that a lower court had imposed when the company refused to hand over …
Armed gang using gay dating app Grindr to target and rob men in London
Police in London have warned that an armed gang is using Grindr – the gay dating app – to lure in unsuspecting men before …
Is Europe going to restrict teens from using Facebook?
By the end of this week it could be illegal for any European child under 16 to use Facebook – or Snapchat or any …
Hello Barbie App, Hello Security Issues
Security risks discovered with Mattel Hello Barbie demonstrates Internet of Things security concerns With the introduction of Hello Barbie, Mattel has brought one of …
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