Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)

Eight human rights organisations have developed an outline of qualifications that they believe are relevant to the selection and appointment of the Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy.

The “Manila Principles for Intermediary Liability”, unveiled on 24 March, were created to empower individuals, intermediaries and governments to fight back when online expression is censored.

The International Press Institute and 23 IFEX members sent a letter to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad calling for the release of lawyer and human rights defender Mazen Darwish ahead of his court hearing on 25 March 2015.

The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 has been introduced under the auspices of increased computer and network security. But instead, they have focused on information sharing, without addressing the privacy implications that entails.

If the bill is passed, telecom providers will have to store highly personal information about their customers’ Internet use, for one year, for possible future access by law enforcement agencies.

A reclassification of broadband Internet gives the FCC the authority to enact (and enforce) narrow, clear rules which will help keep the Internet the open platform it is today.

As the devices in our homes get “smarter,” are they also going to spy on us? That question has led to one sentence in Samsung’s SmartTV privacy policy getting a lot of attention lately.

The world’s personal information will “only” be retained for five short years. And that’s if the U.S. government decides you’re not under suspicion.