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10 Mar 2024, 7:42 am
The Electronic Frontier Foundation and MuckRock, in partnership with the Association of Alternative Newsmedia, compile the year's worst and most ridiculous responses to public records requests and other attempts to thwart public access to information, including through increasing attempts to gut the laws guaranteeing this access—and we issue these agencies and officials tongue-in-cheek "awards" for their failures. [read post]
12 Mar 2023, 9:31 am
Each year, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and MuckRock News, in partnership with the Association of Alternative Newsmedia, publish this list of ne'er-do-wells to celebrate Sunshine Week (March 12-18)—an annual event to raise the profile of the democratic concept of government transparency. [read post]
19 Apr 2022, 12:37 pm
” The State Department explained that “[d]isclosure of [the documents] . . . risk[ed] circumvention of the law because terrorists . . . could use [them to formulate strategies for] conceal[ing] derogatory information, provid[ing] fraudulent information, or otherwise circumvent[ing] the security checks . . . . [read post]
28 Mar 2022, 10:05 am
Little is Known About Trump-Era Visa Vetting Initiative That Continues Under BidenSAN FRANCISCO—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for records about a multi-million dollar, secretive program that surveils immigrants and other foreign visitors’ speech on social media.DHS and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) use the… [read post]
14 Oct 2021, 10:09 am
The sheriff permits hundreds of out-of-state agencies and several federal entities, including units of the Department of Homeland Security, to run queries of a license plate against information the sheriff has collected. [read post]
27 Jul 2021, 11:56 am
—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the U.S. [read post]
23 Apr 2021, 8:52 am
—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the American Civil Liberties Union, and the ACLU of Massachusetts today filed a petition for a writ of certiorari, asking the Supreme Court to hear a challenge to the Department of Homeland Security’s policy and practice of warrantless and suspicionless searches of travelers’ electronic devices at U.S. airports and other ports of entry. [read post]
19 Feb 2021, 9:57 am
Just Futures Law, MediaJustice, Mijente, Immigrant Defense Project and Electronic Frontier Foundation say public must know details of COVID-19 related data collection and sharingSan Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is representing four racial and immigrant justice groups— Just Futures Law, MediaJustice, Mijente Support Committee, and the Immigrant Defense Project—suing the U.S. [read post]
4 Jan 2021, 7:42 am
In 2017, ten U.S citizens and one lawful permanent resident who regularly travel outside of the country with cell phones, laptops, and other electronic devices sued the Department of Homeland Security for illegal searches of their devices when they reentered the country. [read post]
24 Nov 2020, 6:54 am
I'm Cindy Cohn, I'm the executive director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. [read post]
12 Jun 2020, 6:03 am
In a letter to the Department of Homeland Security, Democratic members of the House of Representatives expressed “grave concern” over the drone’s use and demanded information regarding recent Homeland Security surveillance operations. [read post]
Alasaad v. McAleenan: Suspicionless Smartphone Searches at the Border are Unconstitutional, For Now.
8 Mar 2020, 5:08 pm
Filed by the ACLU and the Electronic Frontier Foundation, 11 plaintiffs alleged the Department of Homeland Security, The U.S. [read post]
14 Nov 2019, 9:05 pm
In an essay for Notice and Comment, Professor Zachary Price of the University of California, Hastings College of the Law cautioned that a Trump Administration loss in Department of Homeland Security v. [read post]
12 Nov 2019, 2:58 pm
The suit named as defendants the Department of Homeland Security and two agencies it oversees–Customs and Border Protection as well as Immigration and Customs Enforcement. *** Read more… [read post]
12 Nov 2019, 10:33 am
Refusing to Provide DNA Carries Threat That Children Will Be Separated from FamiliesSan Francisco—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) sued the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today to obtain information that will shine a light on the agency’s use of Rapid DNA technology on migrant families at the border to verify biological parent-child relationships.In a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) complaint filed today in federal… [read post]
27 Aug 2019, 10:47 am
—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) sued the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its component agencies today to obtain information about the agencies’ warrantless use of global positioning system (GPS) devices to track vehicles entering the U.S.In 2012, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled in a landmark decision in U.S. v. [read post]
30 Apr 2019, 9:40 am
Ports of Entry BOSTON — The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the ACLU today asked a federal court to rule without trial that the Department of Homeland Security violates the First and Fourth Amendments by searching travelers’ smartphones and laptops at airports and other U.S. ports of entry without a warrant.The request for summary judgment comes after the groups obtained documents and deposition testimony revealing that… [read post]
10 May 2018, 11:27 am
Nielsen—filed in September against the Department of Homeland Security—asks the court to rule that the government must have a warrant based on probable cause before conducting searches of electronic devices, which contain highly detailed personal information about people’s lives. [read post]
26 Jan 2018, 1:38 pm
Eleven Travelers in Groundbreaking Case Face Substantial Risk of Future Unconstitutional SearchesBoston, Massachusetts—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) urged a federal judge today to reject the Department of Homeland Security’s attempt to dismiss an important lawsuit challenging DHS’s policy of searching and confiscating, without suspicion or warrant, travelers’… [read post]
13 Oct 2017, 8:23 am
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) recently filed suit against the government on behalf of 11 Americans whose devices were searched without a warrant at the border. [read post]
