Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)

EFF strongly backs calls, including from California Senate Judiciary Chair Hannah-Beth Jackson, for Governor Gavin Newsom to ensure that his response to this crisis respects Californians’ constitutional right to privacy.

The COVID-19 pandemic has made obvious how important the Internet and digital tools are to our lives and how vital it is that we maintain an open and secure approach to them.

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Advice to avoid using public wi-fi is largely out of date, with widespread use of HTTPS encryption protecting the content of your communications.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.