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That law gets it backwards and provides insufficient protections against government abuse of drones while prohibiting private use in ways that likely violate the First Amendment. [read post]
14 Nov 2012, 5:00 am by Jeffrey Brown
As to an objective expectation of privacy, the court held: Allowing the government to track our movements without evidence that the person whose CSLI is sought engaged in criminal activity compromises what it means to be a citizen of the United States of America free from arbitrary surveillance.... [read post]
31 May 2015, 5:57 pm
  We should all pause and for us at EFF who’ve been fighting mass surveillance since 2006, take a moment to smile. [read post]
17 Mar 2014, 2:59 am by Mark Jaycox and Mark M. Jaycox
For some heavy reading that will leave you with a sense of surveillance déjà vu, you can also peruse the Church Committee's historic reports here. [read post]
28 Oct 2013, 5:28 pm by Mark Rumold
The government released a second batch of documents yesterday in response to EFF's ongoing FOIA lawsuit for information concerning Section 215 of the Patriot Act—the provision of law the government relies on to compel the disclosure of records of millions of Americans' calls. [read post]
11 May 2016, 5:53 pm by Cindy Cohn and rainey Reitman
Our society still suffers from privacy invasions, speech restrictions, and government surveillance, while those who work to shine a light on these problems often face disproportionately harsh penalties. [read post]
9 Nov 2015, 11:04 am by David Greene
But Judge Leon’s opinion and his refutation of the government’s arguments, which are almost identical to the government's arguments in other mass surveillance cases, should be broadly influential in ongoing and future challenges to the NSA's suspicionless spying. [read post]
29 Apr 2015, 6:35 am
The Tenth Amendment Center and The West Wire News note this development and argue that the law is a positive step that will protect privacy and thwart federal surveillance efforts.As far as state laws restricting government drone use are concerned, North Dakota's is one of the stricter laws I've seen. [read post]
19 Nov 2024, 11:37 am by Matthew Guariglia
EFF has had to fight in court a number of times in an attempt to make public even the most basic frameworks of global dragnet surveillance and the rules that govern it. [read post]
2 Feb 2023, 3:57 pm by Josh Richman
” In most places, the press and public have no way of knowing how many SCA warrants the government applies for, what kinds of records it’s seeking, what information the government presented to support its warrant applications, and how many of the applications are granted or denied. [read post]
3 Jun 2025, 12:51 pm by Matthew Guariglia
They should not be looking for ways to formalize and institutionalize surveillance loopholes. [read post]
17 Nov 2014, 10:22 am by Mark Jaycox
The bill has some problems, but is a major step forward for surveillance reform. [read post]
14 Oct 2021, 10:09 am by Karen Gullo
” The lawsuit is the first of its kind to challenge the sharing of private information collected by ALPR mass surveillance. [read post]
28 May 2020, 7:55 am by Nathan Freed Wessler
Neither the United States government nor any American company is known to have ever compiled such a massive trove of biometrics. [read post]
18 Jun 2020, 11:34 am by Dave Maass
" The complaint alleges the Vallejo Police Department violated SB 741 (California Government Code § 53166) by failing to comply with the requirement that the City Council approve a usage policy for the cell-site simulator before it is acquired and operated. [read post]
15 Mar 2013, 9:07 am by Jay Stanley
There are many uncertainties about how our Constitution will be applied by the courts to aerial surveillance. [read post]
19 Aug 2019, 12:09 pm by Dave Maass
A single surveillance vendor has garnered a monopoly on training law enforcement in California on the use of automated license plate readers (ALPRs)—a mass surveillance technology used to track the movements of drivers. [read post]
20 Apr 2017, 6:07 pm by Shahid Buttar
The bill also protects Due Process rights threatened by the otherwise arbitrary and secretive inclusion of individuals in government gang databases. [read post]