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CFAA Reform Long Overdue, but Broader than Swartz Case or Copyright Debates

June 20, 2013

Today, Rep. Zoe Lofgren and Sen. Ron Wyden introduced “ Aaron’s Law ,” a bill to amend the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, explaining...


Wyndham: FTC Must Provide More Guidance for Unfairness, Data Security

May 2, 2013

Today, the International Center for Law & Economics (ICLE) and TechFreedom filed an amici curiae brief in the federal District Court of New Jersey arguing that...


Senate Committee Passes Long-Overdue ECPA Reform, but More Remains to Be Done

April 25, 2013

Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously passed the Lee-Leahy ECPA Amendment . That Amendment modifies the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) to require law enforcement...


CISPA Shouldn’t Infringe on Freedom of Contract

April 17, 2013

In spirit, CISPA aims to clear the thicket of restrictions firms face when they try to share data about online attacks. In practice, as TechFreedom’s...


CISPA Renders Online Privacy Agreements Meaningless, But Sponsor Sees No Reason To Fix That

April 17, 2013

As we have been arguing time and again , CISPA bars companies from making enforceable promises to their users about how they might share users’...


TechFreedom Joins Right-Left Coalition Opposing Amendments to Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

April 2, 2013

Today, TechFreedom joined a diverse coalition of advocates from across the political spectrum in a letter  opposing amendments to the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act...