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FISA Court, let us make the case for transparency
As part of its mass surveillance programs, the federal government has asked private companies like Google and Microsoft for users’ data ███ times in the...
Shutdown delays oral arguments in key data security case: FTC v. Wyndham
We recently noted that a Federal district court had finally set oral arguments on Wyndham Hotels’ motion to dismiss the FTC’s data security enforcement action....
Rally Against Mass Surveillance in DC, this October 26
On the weekend of October 26 — the 12th anniversary of the signing of the USA PATRIOT Act — thousands of people from across the...
TechFreedom Joins Coalition to Reform ECPA
The Electronic Communications Privacy Act, or ECPA, is one of the Internet’s most outdated laws. It says hundreds of federal entities, including the IRS and...
Live now: We need a new privacy act to replace ECPA, argues Prof. Orin Kerr
Prof. Kerr is explaining his law review article “The Next Generation Privacy Act” at the Library of Congress. Kerr, the man who literally wrote the DOJ manual...
Congress, Allow Companies to Publish Information About Government Requests for User Data
Today, TechFreedom joined with over 70 companies and nonprofit organizations to voice support for two important bills that would allow companies to publish statistics about government...