Earlier this year, a cross-team group of EFF technologists, researchers, activists, and lawyers broke the story of Fog Data Science, a secretive data broker that sells cops access to huge quantities of people’s precise location data. The data they use… Read More ›
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Fighting Tech-Enabled Abuse: 2022 in Review
No year that includes tech-enabled abuse can be said to be a good year. But 2022 has certainly been an eventful year for the technologies used as instruments of coercive control domestic abuse situations, ranging from stalkerware to physical trackers…. Read More ›
Every Supporter Counts in EFF's Year-End Challenge
Social movements, businesses, and your own household depend on technology to succeed. That’s become a fact of modern life and it’s why EFF has defended your online privacy, security, and free speech for over 30 years. Will you donate so EFF… Read More ›
Daycare and Early Childhood Education Apps: 2022 in Review
Last year, several parents at EFF enrolled kids into daycare and were instantly told to download an application for managing their children’s care. These applications frequently include notifications of feedings, diaper changes, pictures, activities, and who picked-up/dropped-off the child—potentially useful… Read More ›
California Courts Must Protect Data Privacy
If our legal rights to data privacy aren’t enforceable, they are just empty promises. One of the best ways to enforce them is to let people sue the companies that violate their data privacy. Unfortunately, the U.S. Supreme Court has… Read More ›
Here's How Apple Could Open Its App Store Without Really Opening Its App Store
And what we can do about it. With this year’s passage of the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), very large online platforms – those with EU revenues of €75 billion or more and at least 45 million EU users –… Read More ›
EFF Receives $250k Grant from Craig Newmark Philanthropies
EFF has received a $250,000 grant from Craig Newmark Philanthropies to support its programs to teach and protect journalists, advocate against abusive “stalkerware” technology, and maintain its cybersecurity Threat Lab. This generous support will help EFF educate journalists about, and… Read More ›
Looking Forward and Back at the California State Legislature
California’s legislators took their oaths of office for a fresh two-year session last week. As we prepared for a new session, it’s worth looking back at the past session—in which, with your help, EFF was able to advocate successfully for… Read More ›
Federal Agencies Keep Rejecting FOIA Requests for Their Procedures for Handling FOIA Requests
The majority of federal agencies — including law enforcement agencies like Customs and Border Protection — are refusing to release some of the most basic guidance materials used by their Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) offices: procedures for how they do their… Read More ›
Dangerous "Kids Online Safety Act" Does Not Belong in Must-Pass Legislation
Every year, Congress must follow through on an enormous and complicated task: agreeing on how to fund the government for the following year. The wrangling over spending often comes down to the wire, and this year, some Senators are considering… Read More ›