Issues: Privacy
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| 1 | **New technologies are radically advancing our freedoms, but they are also enabling unparalleled invasions of privacy.** | |
| 1 | **New technologies are radically advancing our freedoms but they are also enabling unparalleled invasions of privacy.** | |
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| 3 | Your cell phone helps you keep in touch with friends and families, but it also makes it easier for the feds to track your location. | |
| 3 | Your cell phone helps you keep in touch with friends and families but it also makes it easier for the feds to track your location. | |
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| 5 | Your Web searches about sensitive medical information might seem secret, known only to you and search engines like Google. But by logging your online activities, these companies are creating a honeypot of personal information, potentially available to any party wielding a subpoena. | |
| 5 | Your Web searches about sensitive medical information might seem secret known only to you and search engines like Google. But by logging your online activities these companies are creating a honeypot of personal information potentially available to any party wielding a subpoena. | |
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| 7 | And the next time you try to board a plane, watch out-you might be turned away after being mistakenly placed on a government watch list based on erroneous data. | |
| 7 | And the next time you try to board a plane watch out-you might be turned away after being mistakenly placed on a government watch list based on erroneous data. | |
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| 9 | Technology isn't the real problem, though; rather, the law has yet to catch up to our evolving expectations of and need for privacy. In fact, new government initiatives and laws have severely undermined our rights in recent years. | |
| 9 | Technology isn't the real problem though; rather the law has yet to catch up to our evolving expectations of and need for privacy. In fact new government initiatives and laws have severely undermined our rights in recent years. | |
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| 11 | Privacy rights are enshrined in our Constitution for a reason - a thriving democracy requires respect for individuals' autonomy as well as anonymous speech and association. These rights must be balanced against legitimate concerns like law enforcement, but checks must be put in place to prevent abuse of government powers. | |
| 11 | Privacy rights are enshrined in our Constitution for a reason - a thriving democracy requires respect for individuals' autonomy as well as anonymous speech and association. These rights must be balanced against legitimate concerns like law enforcement but checks must be put in place to prevent abuse of government powers. | |
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| 13 | 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. | |
| 13 | 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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| 15 | **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.** | |
| 16 | ||
| 17 | ## Litigation | |
| 18 | ||
| 19 | - [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 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. | |
| 22 | ||
| 23 | - [Government demands for Twitter records of Birgitta Jonsdottir](https://eff.org/cases/government-demands-twitter-records) | |
| 24 | - [FOIA: Cross-Border Electronic Funds Transfers](https://eff.org/foia/foia-cross-border-electronic-funds-transfers) | |
| 25 | ||
| 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. | |
| 27 | ||
| 28 | - [NASA v. Nelson](https://eff.org/cases/nasa-v-nelson) | |
| 29 | - [Hersh v. Cohen](https://eff.org/cases/hersh-v-cohen) | |
| 30 | - [Rehberg v. Hodges](https://eff.org/cases/rehberg-v-hodges) | |
| 31 | - [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) | |
| 33 | ||
| 34 | EFF filed suit against the DOJ, demanding FBI records on effectiveness, lawfulness, and potential misuse of three controversial PATRIOT Act surveillance provisions. | |
| 35 | ||
| 36 | » [All Privacy Cases](https://eff.org/related/384/case) | |
| 37 | ||
| 38 | ## In The News | |
| 39 | ||
| 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) | |
| 43 | ||
| 44 | » [All Privacy News Articles](https://eff.org/related/384/mention) | |
| 45 | ||
| 46 | ## Other Resources | |
| 47 | ||
| 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) | |
| 51 | - August 04, 2011 [Tell Cisco: Stop helping China abuse human rights!](https://secure.eff.org/site/Advocacy) | |
| 52 | - May 31, 2011 [Take the EFF Tor Challenge!](https://www.eff.org/torchallenge) | |
| 53 | - 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) | |
| 54 | - March 07, 2011 [Last chance to push back against the PATRIOT Act Sneak attack!](https://secure.eff.org/site/Advocacy) | |
| 55 | - [Technology Research and Development](https://eff.org/code) | |
| 56 | - February 07, 2011 [Tell Your Representative to Reject the PATRIOT Act Sneak Attack!](https://secure.eff.org/site/Advocacy) | |
| 57 | - February 02, 2011 [Contact the Senate Judiciary Committee TODAY to Support Reforms to PATRIOT Act!](https://secure.eff.org/site/Advocacy) | |
| 58 | - [Patterns of Misconduct: FBI Intelligence Violations from 2001 - 2008](https://eff.org/pages/patterns-misconduct-fbi-intelligence-violations) | |
| 59 | - [HTTPS Everywhere FAQ](https://eff.org/https-everywhere/faq) | |
| 60 | - [HTTPS Everywhere](https://eff.org/https-everywhere) | |
| 61 | - [Google Book Search Settlement and Reader Privacy for Authors and Publishers](https://eff.org/issues/privacy/google-book-search-settlement-for-authors-and-publishers) | |
| 62 | - [TOSBack](https://eff.org/code/tosback) | |
| 63 | - [Privacy Software: Tor](http://tor.eff.org/) | |
| 64 | - [Google Book Search Settlement and Reader Privacy](https://eff.org/issues/privacy/google-book-search-settlement) | |
| 65 | - April 06, 2009 [Reform The PATRIOT Act: Stop Abuse of National Security Letters](https://secure.eff.org/site/Advocacy) | |
| 66 | - February 03, 2009 [California Action Alert - Say No to Biometrics in CA Driver's Licenses](https://secure.eff.org/site/Advocacy) | |
| 67 | - [MyTube - Limit the Privacy Risks of Embedded Video](https://eff.org/code/mytube) | |
| 68 | - [EFF's Case Against AT&T](https://eff.org/nsa/hepting) | |
| 69 | - June 20, 2008 [Tell The Senate to Vote Against Immunity](https://secure.eff.org/site/Advocacy) | |
| 70 | - May 07, 2008 [Don't Let the Justice Department Harvest DNA from Innocents](https://eff.org/action/protectdna) | |
| 71 | - 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/) | |
| 73 | - April 15, 2008 [Repeal the REAL ID Act](https://secure.eff.org/site/Advocacy) | |
| 74 | ||
| 75 | ## Related Issues | |
| 76 | ||
| 77 | - [Do Not Track](https://eff.org/issues/do-not-track) | |
| 78 | - [National Security Letters](https://eff.org/issues/national-security-letters) | |
| 79 | - [International Privacy Standards](https://eff.org/issues/international-privacy-standards) | |
| 80 | ||
| 81 | Here is a list of international accords related to privacy that serve as the foundation for national laws, policy frameworks and international agreements throughout the world. | |
| 82 | ||
| 83 | - [Social Networks](https://eff.org/issues/social-networks) | |
| 84 | - [Search Incident to Arrest](https://eff.org/issues/search-incident-arrest) | |
| 85 | ||
| 86 | EFF is helping courts apply this limited exception to the Fourth Amendment to warrantless searches of digital devices. | |
| 87 | ||
| 88 | - [Digital Books](https://eff.org/issues/digital-books) | |
| 89 | - [Online Behavioral Tracking](https://eff.org/issues/online-behavioral-tracking) | |
| 90 | - [Locational Privacy](https://eff.org/issues/location-privacy) | |
| 91 | ||
| 92 | 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. | |
| 93 | ||
| 94 | ## Whitepapers | |
| 95 | ||
| 96 | - 2011 [Patterns of Misconduct: FBI Intelligence Violations from 2001 - 2008](https://eff.org/wp/patterns-misconduct-fbi-intelligence-violations) | |
| 97 | - 2009 [On Locational Privacy, and How to Avoid Losing it Forever](https://eff.org/wp/locational-privacy) | |
| 98 | - 2008 [Best Practices for Online Service Providers](https://eff.org/wp/osp) | |
| 99 | - 2006 [Six Tips to Protect Your Search Privacy](https://eff.org/wp/six-tips-protect-your-search-privacy) | |
| 100 | - 2005 [Investigating Machine Identification Code Technology in Color Laser Printers](https://eff.org/wp/investigating-machine-identification-code-technology-color-laser-printers) | |
| 101 | - 2004 [Best Practices for Online Service Providers](https://eff.org/osp/old) | |
| 102 | - 2002 [EFF's Top 12 Ways to Protect Your Online Privacy](https://eff.org/wp/effs-top-12-ways-protect-your-online-privacy) | |
| 103 | ||
| 104 | Want to learn how you can defend free speech, stand up for privacy, fight for government transparency, support consumer rights, and protect your right to innovation in the digital world? Visit **http://eff.org/fight** to find ways to help. | |
| 15 | **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.** |