Issues: Privacy

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2525- [Long Haul v Regents of the University of California](https://eff.org/cases/long-haul-v-regents-university-california)
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2727 EFF and the ACLU of Northern California filed suit in federal court on January 14, 2009 to protect the privacy and free speech rights of two San Francisco Bay Area community organizations after the groups' computers were seized and the data copied by federal and local law enforcement.
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2929- [US v Jones](https://eff.org/cases/us-v-jones)
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31 EFF has urged a U.S. appeals court to reject government claims that federal agents have an unfettered right to install Global Positioning System (GPS) location-tracking devices on anyone's car without a warrant.
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3033- [Warshak v. United States](https://eff.org/cases/warshak-v-united-sta)
3134- [In Re: Matter of Search Warrant (Boston College)](https://eff.org/cases/re-matter-search-warrant-boston-college)
3235- [NSA Multi-District Litigation](https://eff.org/cases/att)
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3437 Documents relating to all cases.
3538
3639» [All Privacy Cases](https://eff.org/related/384/case)
3740
3841## In The News
3942
40- MEDIAPOST | July 02, 2009 [New BT Principles May Not Go Far Enough To Stop Regulation](https://eff.org/press/mentions/2009/7/2)
41- USA TODAY | July 01, 2009 [Facebook changes privacy controls so members feel safe to share](https://eff.org/press/mentions/2009/7/1)
42- WASHINGTON POST | June 29, 2009 [Brave New World](https://eff.org/press/mentions/2009/6/29)
43- INDUSTRY STANDARD | August 05, 2009 [Technology Can Help In The Absence of Privacy Laws](https://eff.org/press/mentions/2009/8/5)
44- INFORMATIONWEEK | July 17, 2009 [Amazon Says It Will Stop Deleting Kindle Books](https://eff.org/press/mentions/2009/7/17-0)
45- ARS TECHNICA | July 17, 2009 [Pay-as-you-drive insurance, privacy, and government mandates](https://eff.org/press/mentions/2009/7/17)
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4447» [All Privacy News Articles](https://eff.org/related/384/mention)
4548
4649## Other Resources
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51- [Google Book Search Settlement and Reader Privacy for Authors and Publishers](https://eff.org/issues/privacy/google-book-search-settlement-for-authors-and-publishers)
52- July 23, 2009 [Don't Let Google Close the Book on Reader Privacy](https://secure.eff.org/site/Advocacy)
4853- [TOSBack](https://eff.org/code/tosback)
49- [Google Book Search Settlement and Reader Privacy: Information for Authors and Publishers](https://eff.org/issues/privacy/google-book-search-settlement)
54- [Google Book Search Settlement and Reader Privacy](https://eff.org/issues/privacy/google-book-search-settlement)
5055- April 06, 2009 [Reform The PATRIOT Act: Stop Abuse of National Security Letters](https://secure.eff.org/site/Advocacy)
5156- February 03, 2009 [California Action Alert - Say No to Biometrics in CA Driver's Licenses](https://secure.eff.org/site/Advocacy)
5257- [MyTube - Limit the Privacy Risks of Embedded Video](https://eff.org/code/mytube)
5358- [EFF's Case Against AT&T](https://eff.org/nsa/hepting)
5459- June 20, 2008 [Tell The Senate to Vote Against Immunity](https://secure.eff.org/site/Advocacy)
5560- May 07, 2008 [Don't Let the Justice Department Harvest DNA from Innocents](https://eff.org/action/protectdna)
56- May 01, 2008 [Protect Digital Privacy at the Border and Beyond](http://action.eff.org/site/Advocacy)
5761- [Privacy Software: Tor](http://tor.eff.org/)
58- April 15, 2008 [Repeal the REAL ID Act](https://secure.eff.org/site/Advocacy)
62- May 01, 2008 [Protect Digital Privacy at the Border and Beyond](http://action.eff.org/site/Advocacy)
5963- [Total Information Awareness (TIA)](http://www.eff.org/Privacy/TIA/)
64- April 15, 2008 [Repeal the REAL ID Act](https://secure.eff.org/site/Advocacy)
6065
6166## Related Issues
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68- [Locational Privacy](https://eff.org/issues/location-privacy)
69
70 EFF is fighting to protect the privacy of this data that users of phones, GPS transmitters and location-based services leak to providers and to the government. In our cell tracking and GPS tracking cases, we advocate that the law protect this information by requiring police to get a search warrant before obtaining this sensitive data.
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6372- [Pen Trap](https://eff.org/issues/pen-trap)
6473- [Real ID](https://eff.org/issues/real-id)
6574
6675 Threatening Your Privacy Through an Unfunded Government Mandate
6776
6877- [Cell Tracking](https://eff.org/issues/cell-tracking)
7988 Learn about search engine privacy issues.
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8190- [RFID](https://eff.org/issues/rfid)
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8392 Radio Frequency Identification
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85- [NSA Spying](https://eff.org/issues/nsa-spying)
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87 Cases brought against corporations complicit in the NSA's warrantless surveillance of millions of Americans' private domestic communications.
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8994## Whitepapers
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96- 2009 [On Locational Privacy, and How to Avoid Losing it Forever](https://eff.org/wp/locational-privacy)
9197- 2008 [Best Practices for Online Service Providers](https://eff.org/wp/osp)
9298- 2006 [Six Tips to Protect Your Search Privacy](https://eff.org/wp/six-tips-protect-your-search-privacy)
9399- 2005 [Investigating Machine Identification Code Technology in Color Laser Printers](https://eff.org/wp/investigating-machine-identification-code-technology-color-laser-printers)
94100- 2004 [Best Practices for Online Service Providers](https://eff.org/osp/old)
95101- 2002 [EFF's Top 12 Ways to Protect Your Online Privacy](https://eff.org/wp/effs-top-12-ways-protect-your-online-privacy)
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97## Deeplinks Posts
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99- June 29, 2009 [Help Protesters in Iran: Run a Tor Bridge or a Tor Relay](https://eff.org/deeplinks/2009/06/help-protesters-iran-run-tor-relays-bridges)
100- June 25, 2009 [Several Facts about Google and HTTPS](https://eff.org/deeplinks/2009/06/several-facts-about-)
101- June 18, 2009 [Google Considering More HTTPS, Other Services to Follow?](https://eff.org/deeplinks/2009/06/more-https-from-google-others)
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103» [All Privacy Posts](https://eff.org/related/384/blog)
104
105## Press Releases
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107- June 11, 2009 [EFF Challenges Government's 'Back Door Wiretap'](https://eff.org/press/archives/2009/06/11)
108- June 04, 2009 [EFF Launches TOSBack - A 'Terms of Service' Tracker for Facebook, Google, eBay, and More](https://eff.org/press/archives/2009/06/03-0)
109- May 22, 2009 [Judge Rules Dorm Room Search for Evidence of Prank Email Illegal](https://eff.org/press/archives/2009/05/22)
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111» [All Privacy Press Releases](https://eff.org/related/384/pressrelease)