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.**
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1717## Litigation
1818
19- [NASA v. Nelson](https://eff.org/cases/nasa-v-nelson)
2019- [FOIA: Expanding CALEA and Electronic Surveillance Laws](https://eff.org/foia/foia-records-problems-electronic-surveillance)
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2221 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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2423- [Government demands for Twitter records of Birgitta Jonsdottir](https://eff.org/cases/government-demands-twitter-records)
25- [Hersh v. Cohen](https://eff.org/cases/hersh-v-cohen)
26- [FOIA: Records on PATRIOT Act Use and Misuse](https://eff.org/foia/foia-records-patriot-act-use-and-misuse)
24- [FOIA: Cross-Border Electronic Funds Transfers](https://eff.org/foia/foia-cross-border-electronic-funds-transfers)
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28 EFF filed suit against the DOJ, demanding FBI records on effectiveness, lawfulness, and potential misuse of three controversial PATRIOT Act surveillance provisions.
26 EFF submitted a FOIA request to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN, for information related to the agency's proposed rule requiring all cross-border electronic funds transfers to be reported to the government.
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30- [City of Ontario v. Quon](https://eff.org/cases/city-ontario-v-quon)
28- [NASA v. Nelson](https://eff.org/cases/nasa-v-nelson)
29- [Hersh v. Cohen](https://eff.org/cases/hersh-v-cohen)
3130- [Rehberg v. Hodges](https://eff.org/cases/rehberg-v-hodges)
3231- [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)
32- [FOIA: Records on PATRIOT Act Use and Misuse](https://eff.org/foia/foia-records-patriot-act-use-and-misuse)
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34 EFF filed suit against the DOJ, demanding FBI records on effectiveness, lawfulness, and potential misuse of three controversial PATRIOT Act surveillance provisions.
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3436» [All Privacy Cases](https://eff.org/related/384/case)
3537
3638## In The News
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38- TORRENTFREAK | August 25, 2011 [Why An IP-Address Is NOT a Person](https://eff.org/press/mentions/2011/8/25-0)
39- SFGATE.COM | August 24, 2011 [Facebook reworks its maligned privacy settings](https://eff.org/press/mentions/2011/8/24-6)
40- TECHDIRT | August 26, 2011 [ICE Screws Up, Seizes Tor Exit Node; Vows Not to Learn From Its Mistake](https://eff.org/press/mentions/2011/8/26)
40- BOINGBOING | September 27, 2011 [EFF petition: bring electronic privacy law into the 21st century, require warrants to read email, access cloud storage, track ou](https://eff.org/press/mentions/2011/9/27-4)
41- NYTIMES.COM BITS BLOG | September 27, 2011 [As 'Like' Buttons Spread, So Do Facebook's Tentacles](https://eff.org/press/mentions/2011/9/27-3)
42- PC WORLD | September 27, 2011 [FAQ: Which Social Networks Fight for Your Rights?](https://eff.org/press/mentions/2011/9/27-2)
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4244» [All Privacy News Articles](https://eff.org/related/384/mention)
4345
4446## Other Resources
4547
48- September 25, 2011 [Don't Let Privacy Law Get Stuck in 1986: Demand a Digital Upgrade to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act](https://secure.eff.org/site/Advocacy)
49- September 21, 2011 [Get a Warrant Before Snooping through My Cell Phone -- Support California Senate Bill 914](http://action.eff.org/site/Advocacy)
50- September 14, 2011 [Californians Deserve Cover to Cover Privacy -- Tell Governor Brown to Sign the Reader Privacy Act](http://action.eff.org/site/Advocacy)
4651- August 04, 2011 [Tell Cisco: Stop helping China abuse human rights!](https://secure.eff.org/site/Advocacy)
4752- May 31, 2011 [Take the EFF Tor Challenge!](https://www.eff.org/torchallenge)
4853- 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)
4954- March 07, 2011 [Last chance to push back against the PATRIOT Act Sneak attack!](https://secure.eff.org/site/Advocacy)
5055- [Technology Research and Development](https://eff.org/code)
5156- February 07, 2011 [Tell Your Representative to Reject the PATRIOT Act Sneak Attack!](https://secure.eff.org/site/Advocacy)
6065- April 06, 2009 [Reform The PATRIOT Act: Stop Abuse of National Security Letters](https://secure.eff.org/site/Advocacy)
6166- February 03, 2009 [California Action Alert - Say No to Biometrics in CA Driver's Licenses](https://secure.eff.org/site/Advocacy)
6267- [MyTube - Limit the Privacy Risks of Embedded Video](https://eff.org/code/mytube)
6368- [EFF's Case Against AT&T](https://eff.org/nsa/hepting)
6469- June 20, 2008 [Tell The Senate to Vote Against Immunity](https://secure.eff.org/site/Advocacy)
6570- May 07, 2008 [Don't Let the Justice Department Harvest DNA from Innocents](https://eff.org/action/protectdna)
66- [Total Information Awareness (TIA)](http://www.eff.org/Privacy/TIA/)
6771- May 01, 2008 [Protect Digital Privacy at the Border and Beyond](http://action.eff.org/site/Advocacy)
72- [Total Information Awareness (TIA)](http://www.eff.org/Privacy/TIA/)
6873- April 15, 2008 [Repeal the REAL ID Act](https://secure.eff.org/site/Advocacy)
6974
7075## Related Issues
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7277- [Do Not Track](https://eff.org/issues/do-not-track)
7378- [National Security Letters](https://eff.org/issues/national-security-letters)