Electronic Frontier Foundation Issues: Privacy changes — 20100407_rev01

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EFF fights in the courts and Congress to extend your privacy rights into the digital world, and supports the development of privacy-protecting technologies. Donate to EFF to help support our efforts.

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**For information about the law and technology of government surveillance in the United States, check out EFF's [Surveillance Self-Defense](http://ssd.eff.org/) project.**

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## Litigation

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- [Long Haul v Regents of the University of California](https://eff.org/cases/long-haul-v-regents-university-california)

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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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- [Echostar v. Freetech](https://eff.org/cases/echostar-v-freetech)

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- [Bunnell v. MPAA](https://eff.org/cases/bunnell-v-mpaa)

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- [In Re: Matter of Search Warrant (Boston College)](https://eff.org/cases/re-matter-search-warrant-boston-college)

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- [US v Jones](https://eff.org/cases/us-v-jones)

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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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- [In Re: Matter of Search Warrant (Boston College)](https://eff.org/cases/re-matter-search-warrant-boston-college)

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- [People v. Taylor](https://eff.org/cases/people-v-taylor)

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- [Long Haul v Regents of the University of California](https://eff.org/cases/long-haul-v-regents-university-california)

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EFF has urged a California state court to suppress evidence gathered by law enforcement from a suspect's iPhone during a warrantless search, including phone book contacts, called phone numbers, emails, text messages, Internet search history, and photos.

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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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- [Echostar v. Freetech](https://eff.org/cases/echostar-v-freetech)

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- [Warshak v. United States](https://eff.org/cases/warshak-v-united-sta)

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- [FOIA: Social Networking Monitoring](https://eff.org/foia/social-network-monitoring)

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EFF, along with students from the Samuelson Clinic at UC Berkeley, filed suit against a half-dozen government agencies seeking their policies for using social networking sites for investigations, data-collection, and surveillance.

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- [Warshak v. United States](https://eff.org/cases/warshak-v-united-sta)

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- [Rehberg v. Hodges](https://eff.org/cases/rehberg-v-hodges)

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- [City of Ontario v. Quon](https://eff.org/cases/city-ontario-v-quon)

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» [All Privacy Cases](https://eff.org/related/384/case)

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## In The News

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- SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS | March 07, 2010 [Google's digital library faces key hurdles](https://eff.org/press/mentions/2010/3/7)

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- ASSOCIATED PRESS | March 02, 2010 [German court overturns law on phone, e-mail data](https://eff.org/press/mentions/0/0/0-10)

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- ABCNEWS.COM | February 22, 2010 [Is That a 'Black Box' in Your Car?](https://eff.org/press/mentions/2010/2/22-3)

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- ALBANY HERALD | March 31, 2010 [Phoebe Whistleblower asking for rehearing before Appeals Court.](https://eff.org/press/mentions/2010/3/31-2)

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- NATIONAL JOURNAL | March 31, 2010 [Case Seeks Protection Of Private E-Mail](https://eff.org/press/mentions/2010/3/31-1)

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- CNN.COM | March 31, 2010 [Revising privacy law for the 'cloud' era](https://eff.org/press/mentions/2010/3/31-0)

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» [All Privacy News Articles](https://eff.org/related/384/mention)

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## Other Resources

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- [Google Book Search Settlement and Reader Privacy for Authors and Publishers](https://eff.org/issues/privacy/google-book-search-settlement-for-authors-and-publishers)

 EFF fights in the courts and Congress to extend your privacy rights into the digital world, and supports the development of privacy-protecting technologies. Donate to EFF to help support our efforts.
 **For information about the law and technology of government surveillance in the United States, check out EFF's [Surveillance Self-Defense](http://ssd.eff.org/) project.**
 ## Litigation
+- [Long Haul v Regents of the University of California](https://eff.org/cases/long-haul-v-regents-university-california)
+    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.
+- [Echostar v. Freetech](https://eff.org/cases/echostar-v-freetech)
+- [Bunnell v. MPAA](https://eff.org/cases/bunnell-v-mpaa)
+- [In Re: Matter of Search Warrant (Boston College)](https://eff.org/cases/re-matter-search-warrant-boston-college)
 - [US v Jones](https://eff.org/cases/us-v-jones)
     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.
+- [In Re: Matter of Search Warrant (Boston College)](https://eff.org/cases/re-matter-search-warrant-boston-college)
+- [People v. Taylor](https://eff.org/cases/people-v-taylor)
+- [Long Haul v Regents of the University of California](https://eff.org/cases/long-haul-v-regents-university-california)
+    EFF has urged a California state court to suppress evidence gathered by law enforcement from a suspect's iPhone during a warrantless search, including phone book contacts, called phone numbers, emails, text messages, Internet search history, and photos.
+    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.
+- [Echostar v. Freetech](https://eff.org/cases/echostar-v-freetech)
+- [Warshak v. United States](https://eff.org/cases/warshak-v-united-sta)
 - [FOIA: Social Networking Monitoring](https://eff.org/foia/social-network-monitoring)
     EFF, along with students from the Samuelson Clinic at UC Berkeley, filed suit against a half-dozen government agencies seeking their policies for using social networking sites for investigations, data-collection, and surveillance.
+- [Warshak v. United States](https://eff.org/cases/warshak-v-united-sta)
+- [Rehberg v. Hodges](https://eff.org/cases/rehberg-v-hodges)
+- [City of Ontario v. Quon](https://eff.org/cases/city-ontario-v-quon)
 » [All Privacy Cases](https://eff.org/related/384/case)
 ## In The News
+- SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS | March 07, 2010 [Google's digital library faces key hurdles](https://eff.org/press/mentions/2010/3/7)
+- ASSOCIATED PRESS | March 02, 2010 [German court overturns law on phone, e-mail data](https://eff.org/press/mentions/0/0/0-10)
+- ABCNEWS.COM | February 22, 2010 [Is That a 'Black Box' in Your Car?](https://eff.org/press/mentions/2010/2/22-3)
+- ALBANY HERALD | March 31, 2010 [Phoebe Whistleblower asking for rehearing before Appeals Court.](https://eff.org/press/mentions/2010/3/31-2)
+- NATIONAL JOURNAL | March 31, 2010 [Case Seeks Protection Of Private E-Mail](https://eff.org/press/mentions/2010/3/31-1)
+- CNN.COM | March 31, 2010 [Revising privacy law for the 'cloud' era](https://eff.org/press/mentions/2010/3/31-0)
 » [All Privacy News Articles](https://eff.org/related/384/mention)
 ## Other Resources
 - [Google Book Search Settlement and Reader Privacy for Authors and Publishers](https://eff.org/issues/privacy/google-book-search-settlement-for-authors-and-publishers)
 - May 01, 2008 [Protect Digital Privacy at the Border and Beyond](http://action.eff.org/site/Advocacy)
 - [Total Information Awareness (TIA)](http://www.eff.org/Privacy/TIA/)
 - April 15, 2008 [Repeal the REAL ID Act](https://secure.eff.org/site/Advocacy)
 ## Related Issues
+- [Social Networks](https://eff.org/issues/social-networks)
 - [Search Incident to Arrest](https://eff.org/issues/search-incident-arrest)
     EFF is helping courts apply this limited exception to the Fourth Amendment to warrantless searches of digital devices.
 - [Digital Books](https://eff.org/issues/digital-books)
 - [Online Behavioral Tracking](https://eff.org/issues/online-behavioral-tracking)
     Threatening Your Privacy Through an Unfunded Government Mandate
 - [Cell Tracking](https://eff.org/issues/cell-tracking)
     Can the government track your cell phone's location without probable cause?
+- [CALEA](https://eff.org/issues/calea)
 ## Whitepapers
 - 2009 [On Locational Privacy, and How to Avoid Losing it Forever](https://eff.org/wp/locational-privacy)
 - 2008 [Best Practices for Online Service Providers](https://eff.org/wp/osp)
 - 2006 [Six Tips to Protect Your Search Privacy](https://eff.org/wp/six-tips-protect-your-search-privacy)
 - 2005 [Investigating Machine Identification Code Technology in Color Laser Printers](https://eff.org/wp/investigating-machine-identification-code-technology-color-laser-printers)

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