Email updates on news, actions,and events in your area.DEEPLINKS BLOGShare ItCourtesy of the National Security ArchiveShare ItEach year during Sunshine Week (March 13-19), The Foilies serve up tongue-in-cheek "awards" for government agencies and assorted institutions that stand in the way of access to information. The Electronic Frontier Foundation and MuckRock combine forces to collect horror stories about Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and state-level public records...We are now accepting submissions for The Foilies 2022, the annual project to give tongue-in-cheek awards to the...…Email updates on news, actions,and events in your area.DEEPLINKS BLOGShare ItCourtesy of the National Security ArchiveShare ItEach year during Sunshine Week (March 13-19), The Foilies serve up tongue-in-cheek "awards" for government agencies and assorted institutions that stand in the way of access to information. The Electronic Frontier Foundation and MuckRock combine forces to collect horror stories about Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and state-level public records...We are now accepting submissions for The Foilies 2022, the annual project to give tongue-in-cheek awards to the...WW…

Email updates on news, actions,and events in your area.DEEPLINKS BLOGShare ItThis massive collection of biometric data—and the danger that it could be leaked—places a significant burden on First Amendment activity. By collecting and retaining biometric data like face recognition and sharing it broadly with federal, state, and local agencies, as well as with contractors and foreign governments, DHS lays the groundwork for a vast surveillance and tracking network that could impact individuals and communities for years to come. DHS could soon build a database large enough to identify and track...…Email updates on news, actions,and events in your area.DEEPLINKS BLOGShare ItThis massive collection of biometric data—and the danger that it could be leaked—places a significant burden on First Amendment activity. By collecting and retaining biometric data like face recognition and sharing it broadly with federal, state, and local agencies, as well as with contractors and foreign governments, DHS lays the groundwork for a vast surveillance and tracking network that could impact individuals and communities for years to come. DHS could soon build a database large enough to identify and track...WW…

Email updates on news, actions,and events in your area.DEEPLINKS BLOGShare ItLast month, EFF, along with co-counsel ACLU and ACLU of Massachusetts, filed a in urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit to require a warrant for searches of electronic devices at the border. In fiscal year 2019, border officers searched electronic devices, more than an eight-fold increase since 2012. Because of the significant privacy interests that travelers have in the digital data on their devices, we argued that the government’s warrantless, and usually suspicionless, searches and seizures of...…Email updates on news, actions,and events in your area.DEEPLINKS BLOGShare ItLast month, EFF, along with co-counsel ACLU and ACLU of Massachusetts, filed a in urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit to require a warrant for searches of electronic devices at the border. In fiscal year 2019, border officers searched electronic devices, more than an eight-fold increase since 2012. Because of the significant privacy interests that travelers have in the digital data on their devices, we argued that the government’s warrantless, and usually suspicionless, searches and seizures of...WW…

Email updates on news, actions,and events in your area.DEEPLINKS BLOGShare ItSpecial thanks to legal intern Rachel Sommers, who was the lead author of this post.Visa applicants to the United States are required to disclose personal information including their . And as of , they are required to register their with the U.S. government. According to the State Department, approximately will be affected by this new policy each year.EFF recently filed an in , a case challenging this “Registration Requirement” under the First Amendment. The plaintiffs in the case, two U.S.-based documentary film...…Email updates on news, actions,and events in your area.DEEPLINKS BLOGShare ItSpecial thanks to legal intern Rachel Sommers, who was the lead author of this post.Visa applicants to the United States are required to disclose personal information including their . And as of , they are required to register their with the U.S. government. According to the State Department, approximately will be affected by this new policy each year.EFF recently filed an in , a case challenging this “Registration Requirement” under the First Amendment. The plaintiffs in the case, two U.S.-based documentary film...WW…