Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)

At a time when many government agencies are collecting and analyzing personal information about large numbers of identifiable people, we must carefully consider the way that “big data” containment tools impact our digital liberties.

A data privacy bill in Washington State has gained momentum. The Washington Privacy Act, or WPA, as currently written, would be a weak, token effort at reining in corporations’ rampant misuse of personal data.

Ring isn’t just a product that allows users to surveil their neighbors. The company also uses it to surveil its customers.

Advice to avoid using public wi-fi is largely out of date, with widespread use of HTTPS encryption protecting the content of your communications. However, the metadata is still visible to anyone along the communication path – from your ISP to the site’s hosting provider.

You may have heard from a lot of businesses telling you that they’ve updated their privacy policies because of a new law called the California Consumer Privacy Act. But what’s actually changed for you?

In 2019, governments were quick to adopt face recognition technologies for use in public spaces; read about how activists worldwide have responded, demanding transparency and winning moratoria and bans on the use of this powerful technology.

November’s landmark opinion in Alasaad v. McAleenan was a culmination of EFF’s work explaining to the public and the courts that you don’t lose your rights when you go online or use digital tools.

EFF has long fought to end the FBI’s ability to impose gag orders via National Security Letters (NSLs). They violate the First Amendment and result in indefinite prohibitions on recipients’ ability to speak publicly about controversial government surveillance powers.