Press Releases
about Privacy & Technology
Sep 13, 2017
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û & EFF Sue Over Warrantless Phone and Laptop Searches at U.S. Border
Lawsuit on Behalf of 11 Travelers Challenges Searches of Electronic Devices as Unconstitutional
Issue Areas:
Privacy & Technology
Court case: Merchant v. Mayorkas
Aug 15, 2017
Tech Firms Urge Supreme Court to Adapt Privacy Protections for ‘Realities of the Digital Era’ in Cell Phone Tracking Case
Wide Range of Organizations File Briefs Supporting ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û in Privacy Rights Case
Issue Areas:
Privacy & Technology
Court case: Carpenter v. United States
Jul 27, 2017
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Statement on Introduction of Electronic Communications Privacy Modernization Act
WASHINGTON — Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) introduced today the ECPA Modernization Act of 2017, a bill to reform the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of ...
Issue Areas:
Privacy & Technology
Jul 17, 2017
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Responds to Minneapolis Police Officers’ Failure to Activate Body Cameras in the Justine Damond Killing
ST. PAUL, Minn. –The following statement can be attributed to Teresa Nelson, interim executive director of the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û of Minnesota, in response to the kil...
Issue Areas:
Privacy & Technology
Jun 07, 2017
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Statement on Trump Support of Reauthorizing NSA Surveillance Authority
WASHINGTON — In a New York Times op-ed published today, the Trump White House said it is backing a bill introduced yesterday by Sen. Cotton to permanently reauthorize Section 702...
Issue Areas:
Privacy & Technology
Jun 05, 2017
Supreme Court to Hear First Cell Phone Location Data Case
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Represents Man In Case Where Police Obtained Months’ Worth of Cell Phone Location Information Without a Warrant
Issue Areas:
Privacy & Technology
Court case: Carpenter v. United States
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