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What to Do about Data Security? A Discussion of the FTC’s LabMD & Wyndham Cases

September 4, 2013

Over the last decade, the Federal Trade Commission has settled nearly four dozen cases alleging that a failure to have “reasonable” data security constitutes an...


Cameron Kerry Responds to NSA Concerns, Outlines Baseline Privacy Legislation

August 28, 2013

Cameron Kerry today blasted E.U. efforts to start a digital trade war using European outrage at NSA surveillance as a pretext.  In a speech given given today at...


Coalition Calls for House to Adopt Amendment Defunding Suspicionless Spying

July 24, 2013

Today, TechFreedom signed a coalition letter that calls on the House of Representatives to adopt an amendment defunding suspicionless spying.  The so called Amash Amendment is...


TechFreedom Joins Coalition Urging Companies to Move Beyond Passwords

July 23, 2013

Today, TechFreedom joins a coalition of advocacy organizations and identity protection companies to launch Petition Against Passwords , an initiative aiming to demonstrate consumers’ demand...


TechFreedom & CEI Urge Congress to Defund Suspicionless NSA Surveillance

July 23, 2013

Today, the U.S. House of Representatives will consider the 2014 Department of Defense Appropriations Act (H.R. 2397). Among the proposed amendments is one offered by...


Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) Reform

July 19, 2013

The CFAA is a Federal law that attempts to punish and deter hacking by criminalizing unauthorized computer access or computer access that exceeds authorization. Strong...