Issues: Privacy

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1313EFF 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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1515**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.**
1616
1717## Litigation
1818
19- [FOIA: Records on PATRIOT Act Use and Misuse](https://eff.org/foia/foia-records-patriot-act-use-and-misuse)
19- [NASA v. Nelson](https://eff.org/cases/nasa-v-nelson)
20- [FOIA: Expanding CALEA and Electronic Surveillance Laws](https://eff.org/foia/foia-records-problems-electronic-surveillance)
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21 EFF filed suit against the DOJ, demanding FBI records on effectiveness, lawfulness, and potential misuse of three controversial PATRIOT Act surveillance provisions.
22 EFF filed suit against three agencies of the Department of Justice (DOJ), demanding records about problems or limitations that hamper electronic surveillance and potentially justify or undermine the Administration's new calls for expanded surveillance powers.
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24- [Government demands for Twitter records of Birgitta Jonsdottir](https://eff.org/cases/government-demands-twitter-records)
2325- [Hersh v. Cohen](https://eff.org/cases/hersh-v-cohen)
24- [NASA v. Nelson](https://eff.org/cases/nasa-v-nelson)
25- [In Re Application of the United States of America for an Order Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 2703(d)](https://eff.org/cases/re-application-united-states-america-order)
26- [Rehberg v. Hodges](https://eff.org/cases/rehberg-v-hodges)
27- [San Mateo Court Litigation](https://eff.org/cases/san-mateo)
26- [FOIA: Records on PATRIOT Act Use and Misuse](https://eff.org/foia/foia-records-patriot-act-use-and-misuse)
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29 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.
28 EFF filed suit against the DOJ, demanding FBI records on effectiveness, lawfulness, and potential misuse of three controversial PATRIOT Act surveillance provisions.
3029
3130- [City of Ontario v. Quon](https://eff.org/cases/city-ontario-v-quon)
32- [FOIA: Expanding CALEA and Electronic Surveillance Laws](https://eff.org/foia/foia-records-problems-electronic-surveillance)
31- [Rehberg v. Hodges](https://eff.org/cases/rehberg-v-hodges)
32- [In Re Application of the United States of America for an Order Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 2703(d)](https://eff.org/cases/re-application-united-states-america-order)
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34 EFF filed suit against three agencies of the Department of Justice (DOJ), demanding records about problems or limitations that hamper electronic surveillance and potentially justify or undermine the Administration's new calls for expanded surveillance powers.
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3634» [All Privacy Cases](https://eff.org/related/384/case)
3735
3836## In The News
3937
40- DELIMITER | June 24, 2011 [Voluntary ISP filter attracts global attention](https://eff.org/press/mentions/2011/6/24)
41- DAILY REPORTER, GREENFIELD, IN | June 22, 2011 [Vt. Supreme Court hears electronic privacy case after police target man's computer](https://eff.org/press/mentions/2011/6/22-1)
42- PRINSIDE.COM | June 21, 2011 [JonDoFox 2.5.2: Supports SSL observatory of the Electronic Frontier Foundation](https://eff.org/press/mentions/2011/6/21-0)
38- TECHPRESIDENT.COM/ | July 15, 2011 [An EFF-Led Challenge To Boost the Use of Internet Traffic Anonymizers](https://eff.org/press/mentions/2011/7/15-1)
39- FIRST AMMENDMENT COALITION | July 14, 2011 [Electronic Frontier Foundation urges Cisco and Microsoft to stop enabling Chinese oppression](https://eff.org/press/mentions/2011/7/14-1)
40- THREATPOST | July 11, 2011 [EFF Argues Forced Decryption Violates Fifth Amendment](https://eff.org/press/mentions/2011/7/11-1)
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4442» [All Privacy News Articles](https://eff.org/related/384/mention)
4543
4644## Other Resources
4745
46- August 04, 2011 [Tell Cisco: Stop helping China abuse human rights!](https://secure.eff.org/site/Advocacy)
4847- May 31, 2011 [Take the EFF Tor Challenge!](https://www.eff.org/torchallenge)
4948- April 12, 2011 [When the Government Comes Knocking, Who Has Your Back?](https://www.eff.org/pages/when-government-comes-knocking-who-has-your-back)
5049- March 07, 2011 [Last chance to push back against the PATRIOT Act Sneak attack!](https://secure.eff.org/site/Advocacy)
5150- [Technology Research and Development](https://eff.org/code)
5251- February 07, 2011 [Tell Your Representative to Reject the PATRIOT Act Sneak Attack!](https://secure.eff.org/site/Advocacy)
5352- February 02, 2011 [Contact the Senate Judiciary Committee TODAY to Support Reforms to PATRIOT Act!](https://secure.eff.org/site/Advocacy)
5453- [Patterns of Misconduct: FBI Intelligence Violations from 2001 - 2008](https://eff.org/pages/patterns-misconduct-fbi-intelligence-violations)
5554- [HTTPS Everywhere FAQ](https://eff.org/https-everywhere/faq)
5655- [HTTPS Everywhere](https://eff.org/https-everywhere)
5756- [Google Book Search Settlement and Reader Privacy for Authors and Publishers](https://eff.org/issues/privacy/google-book-search-settlement-for-authors-and-publishers)
5857- [TOSBack](https://eff.org/code/tosback)
58- [Privacy Software: Tor](http://tor.eff.org/)
5959- [Google Book Search Settlement and Reader Privacy](https://eff.org/issues/privacy/google-book-search-settlement)
6060- April 06, 2009 [Reform The PATRIOT Act: Stop Abuse of National Security Letters](https://secure.eff.org/site/Advocacy)
61- [Privacy Software: Tor](http://tor.eff.org/)
6261- February 03, 2009 [California Action Alert - Say No to Biometrics in CA Driver's Licenses](https://secure.eff.org/site/Advocacy)
6362- [MyTube - Limit the Privacy Risks of Embedded Video](https://eff.org/code/mytube)
6463- [EFF's Case Against AT&T](https://eff.org/nsa/hepting)
6564- June 20, 2008 [Tell The Senate to Vote Against Immunity](https://secure.eff.org/site/Advocacy)
6665- May 07, 2008 [Don't Let the Justice Department Harvest DNA from Innocents](https://eff.org/action/protectdna)
6766- [Total Information Awareness (TIA)](http://www.eff.org/Privacy/TIA/)