Email updates on news, actions,and events in your area.DEEPLINKS BLOGShare ItAfter the federal government rolled back net neutrality protections for consumers in 2017, California stepped up and passed a bill that does what FCC wouldn’t: bar telecoms from blocking and throttling Internet content and imposing paid prioritization schemes. The law, SB 822, ensures that that all Californians have full access to all Internet content and services—at lower prices.Partnering with the ACLU of Northern California and numerous other public interest advocates, businesses and educators, EFF today urging...…Email updates on news, actions,and events in your area.DEEPLINKS BLOGShare ItAfter the federal government rolled back net neutrality protections for consumers in 2017, California stepped up and passed a bill that does what FCC wouldn’t: bar telecoms from blocking and throttling Internet content and imposing paid prioritization schemes. The law, SB 822, ensures that that all Californians have full access to all Internet content and services—at lower prices.Partnering with the ACLU of Northern California and numerous other public interest advocates, businesses and educators, EFF today urging...WW…

Email updates on news, actions,and events in your area.DEEPLINKS BLOGShare ItThroughout our nation’s history—most potently since the era of civil rights activism—those participating in social movements challenging the status quo have enjoyed First Amendment protections to freely associate with others in advocating for causes they believe in. This right is directly tied to our ability to maintain privacy over what organizations we choose to join or support financially. Forcing organizations to hand membership or donor lists to the state threatens First Amendment activities and suppresses...…Email updates on news, actions,and events in your area.DEEPLINKS BLOGShare ItThroughout our nation’s history—most potently since the era of civil rights activism—those participating in social movements challenging the status quo have enjoyed First Amendment protections to freely associate with others in advocating for causes they believe in. This right is directly tied to our ability to maintain privacy over what organizations we choose to join or support financially. Forcing organizations to hand membership or donor lists to the state threatens First Amendment activities and suppresses...WW…

Email updates on news, actions,and events in your area.DEEPLINKS BLOGShare ItOur Fourth Amendment rights are under attack in the digital age, and EFF is proud to announce that human rights attorney and racial justice activist Jumana Musa has joined our advisory board, bringing great expertise to our fight defending users’ privacy rights.Musa is Director of the Fourth Amendment Center at the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), where she oversees initiatives to challenge Fourth Amendment violations and outdated legal doctrines that have allowed the government and law...…Email updates on news, actions,and events in your area.DEEPLINKS BLOGShare ItOur Fourth Amendment rights are under attack in the digital age, and EFF is proud to announce that human rights attorney and racial justice activist Jumana Musa has joined our advisory board, bringing great expertise to our fight defending users’ privacy rights.Musa is Director of the Fourth Amendment Center at the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), where she oversees initiatives to challenge Fourth Amendment violations and outdated legal doctrines that have allowed the government and law...WW…

Email updates on news, actions,and events in your area.DEEPLINKS BLOGShare ItThe European Commission is set to release today a draft of the Digital Services Act, the most significant reform of European Internet regulations in two decades. The proposal, which will modernize the backbone of the EU’s Internet legislation—the —sets out new responsibilities and rules for how Facebook, Amazon, and other companies that host content handle and make decisions about billions of users’ posts, comments, messages, photos, and videos. This is a great opportunity for the EU to reinvigorate principles like...…Email updates on news, actions,and events in your area.DEEPLINKS BLOGShare ItThe European Commission is set to release today a draft of the Digital Services Act, the most significant reform of European Internet regulations in two decades. The proposal, which will modernize the backbone of the EU’s Internet legislation—the —sets out new responsibilities and rules for how Facebook, Amazon, and other companies that host content handle and make decisions about billions of users’ posts, comments, messages, photos, and videos. This is a great opportunity for the EU to reinvigorate principles like...WW…

Email updates on news, actions,and events in your area.DEEPLINKS BLOGShare ItMain FindingsData Protection PolicyTransparency ReportUser NotificationJudicial AuthorizationLaw Enforcement GuidelinesConclusionShare ItPanamá’s mobile internet service providers have improved their commitments to transparency and user privacy, according to the of ’s ¿Quien Defiende Tus Datos? (“Who Defends Your Data?”) report. The third edition, published today shows general progress in companies’ data protection policies and their public commitment to...Peru’s top two telecom operators Movistar (Telefónica) and...…Email updates on news, actions,and events in your area.DEEPLINKS BLOGShare ItMain FindingsData Protection PolicyTransparency ReportUser NotificationJudicial AuthorizationLaw Enforcement GuidelinesConclusionShare ItPanamá’s mobile internet service providers have improved their commitments to transparency and user privacy, according to the of ’s ¿Quien Defiende Tus Datos? (“Who Defends Your Data?”) report. The third edition, published today shows general progress in companies’ data protection policies and their public commitment to...Peru’s top two telecom operators Movistar (Telefónica) and...WW…

Email updates on news, actions,and events in your area.DEEPLINKS BLOGShare ItAntitrust enforcers charged with protecting us from monopolists have awoke from decades-long hibernation to finally address something users have known, and been paying for with their private data, for years: Facebook’s acquisitions of rival platforms have harmed social media users by reducing competition, leaving them with fewer choices and creating a personal data-hoovering behemoth whose profiling capabilities only cement its dominance.Now the government’s enforcers want Facebook broken up. The company’s...…Email updates on news, actions,and events in your area.DEEPLINKS BLOGShare ItAntitrust enforcers charged with protecting us from monopolists have awoke from decades-long hibernation to finally address something users have known, and been paying for with their private data, for years: Facebook’s acquisitions of rival platforms have harmed social media users by reducing competition, leaving them with fewer choices and creating a personal data-hoovering behemoth whose profiling capabilities only cement its dominance.Now the government’s enforcers want Facebook broken up. The company’s...WW…

Email updates on news, actions,and events in your area.DEEPLINKS BLOGShare ItClaroDigicelMás MóvilTigo,¿?TigoMás MóvilClaroData ProtectionTransparencyUser NotificationJudicial AuthorizationDefense of Human RightsDigital SecurityLaw Enforcement GuidelinesShare ItIn a new round of talks this week to formulate a , EFF is calling for strictly limiting the scope of the convention’s international cooperation provisions and safeguards to ensure that states respect human rights when responding to legal assistance requests.EFF is among a group of ...Even in the face of strong public protest over a...…Email updates on news, actions,and events in your area.DEEPLINKS BLOGShare ItClaroDigicelMás MóvilTigo,¿?TigoMás MóvilClaroData ProtectionTransparencyUser NotificationJudicial AuthorizationDefense of Human RightsDigital SecurityLaw Enforcement GuidelinesShare ItIn a new round of talks this week to formulate a , EFF is calling for strictly limiting the scope of the convention’s international cooperation provisions and safeguards to ensure that states respect human rights when responding to legal assistance requests.EFF is among a group of ...Even in the face of strong public protest over a...WW…

Email updates on news, actions,and events in your area.DEEPLINKS BLOGShare ItOrangeVodafoneTelefónicaOrange, Ono-Vodafone, Telefónica-Movistar, MásMóvil, EuskatelSomos ConexiónFotocasa, Idealista, Habitaclia, Pisos.comYaEncontréVibboWallapopAn Overview of Companies' Commitments and ShortcomingsTelefonica-MovistarVodafoneMovistar, Fotocasa, HabitacliaVibboVodafone, MásMóvil, Pisos.com, Idealista, YaencontréWallapopTelefónica-MovistarVodafoneTelefonica-MovistarVodafone’sOrange SpainEuskatelSomos ConexiónEuskatelFotocasa, Idealista, Habitaclia, Pisos.comYaEncontréVibboWallapop Share...…Email updates on news, actions,and events in your area.DEEPLINKS BLOGShare ItOrangeVodafoneTelefónicaOrange, Ono-Vodafone, Telefónica-Movistar, MásMóvil, EuskatelSomos ConexiónFotocasa, Idealista, Habitaclia, Pisos.comYaEncontréVibboWallapopAn Overview of Companies' Commitments and ShortcomingsTelefonica-MovistarVodafoneMovistar, Fotocasa, HabitacliaVibboVodafone, MásMóvil, Pisos.com, Idealista, YaencontréWallapopTelefónica-MovistarVodafoneTelefonica-MovistarVodafone’sOrange SpainEuskatelSomos ConexiónEuskatelFotocasa, Idealista, Habitaclia, Pisos.comYaEncontréVibboWallapop Share...WW…

Email updates on news, actions,and events in your area.DEEPLINKS BLOGShare ItCybersecurity policy expert. Security researcher. Women in tech advocate. Entrepreneur. expertise and experience encompasses the most pressing issues in tech, and we’re honored to announce that she is joining EFF’s advisory board. She will be helping us with our work on information security, data privacy, building diverse and effective engineering teams, and influencing the future of cybersecurity.Wheeler has long been involved in making tech systems more secure for everyone. She is an International Security Fellow...…Email updates on news, actions,and events in your area.DEEPLINKS BLOGShare ItCybersecurity policy expert. Security researcher. Women in tech advocate. Entrepreneur. expertise and experience encompasses the most pressing issues in tech, and we’re honored to announce that she is joining EFF’s advisory board. She will be helping us with our work on information security, data privacy, building diverse and effective engineering teams, and influencing the future of cybersecurity.Wheeler has long been involved in making tech systems more secure for everyone. She is an International Security Fellow...WW…

Email updates on news, actions,and events in your area.DEEPLINKS BLOGShare ItTable: Common surveillance features of bossware productsActivity monitoring (apps, websites)Screenshots or screen recordingsKeyloggingWebcam/ microphone activationCan be made "invisible"ActivTrakCleverControlDeskTimeHubstaffInterguardStaffCopTeramindTimeDoctorWork ExaminerWorkPulsShare ItIn the first weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic, a location data broker called Veraset offered officials in Washington, DC full access to its proprietary database of “highly sensitive” , collected from cell phones, for the entire DC...…Email updates on news, actions,and events in your area.DEEPLINKS BLOGShare ItTable: Common surveillance features of bossware productsActivity monitoring (apps, websites)Screenshots or screen recordingsKeyloggingWebcam/ microphone activationCan be made "invisible"ActivTrakCleverControlDeskTimeHubstaffInterguardStaffCopTeramindTimeDoctorWork ExaminerWorkPulsShare ItIn the first weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic, a location data broker called Veraset offered officials in Washington, DC full access to its proprietary database of “highly sensitive” , collected from cell phones, for the entire DC...WW…