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10/25/2011
ECPA

U.S. Continues to Blow Away the Field in Demanding Information from Google

By Chris Conley, ACLU of Northern California at 9:37pm
We know that the government takes advantage of outdated privacy law to demand our personal information from online services that collect and hold our data. But what ... Read More
10/21/2011
ECPA

Civil Liberties in the Digital Age: Weekly Highlights (10/21/2011)

By Caitlin O'Neill, ACLU of Northern California at 6:00pm
In the digital age that we live in today, we are constantly exposing our personal information online. From using cell phones and GPS devices to online shopping and ... Read More
10/20/2011
ECPA

Aww, an Anniversary Present for Us, How Nice!

By Chris Calabrese, Washington Legislative Office at 5:01pm
This week, our federal online privacy law turns 25. The ACLU is hosting a blog series that will address some of the many reasons why the Electronic ... Read More
10/19/2011
ECPA

Congress Calls Up 1986

By Nicole Ozer, ACLU of Northern California at 2:49pm
Yesterday, Congress had the chance to walk down digital memory lane and see just how far technology has advanced since our federal electronic privacy law was last ... Read More
10/17/2011
ECPA

ECPA: Online Privacy Stuck in the '80s

By Rekha Arulanantham, ACLU at 3:09pm
While technology has advanced at breakneck speed, electronic privacy law remained at a standstill. Tell Congress to update ECPA! Read More
07/27/2011
ECPA

Bill Harming Online Privacy Moving Through Congress

By Nicole Ozer, ACLU of Northern California at 9:35am
Today, the House Judiciary Committee is voting whether to approve legislation that would create a sweeping new provision requiring Internet companies (email, cloud, ... Read More
07/14/2011
ECPA

Q&A with Daniel Solove on How Bad Security Arguments Are Undermining Our Privacy Rights

By Jay Stanley, Senior Policy Analyst, Speech, Privacy and Technology Project at 12:55pm
George Washington University Law School professor Dan Solove is one of the preeminent law scholars working on privacy issues today. In his latest book, Nothing ... Read More
04/08/2011
ECPA

A Straight Answer on Warrants for Email from the Government? Not So Easy.

By Amanda Simon at 6:15pm
The Senate Judiciary Committee met this week to hear testimony from Obama administration officials on upcoming plans to update the Electronic Communications Privacy ... Read More
04/21/2010
ECPA

Is Facebook Having Another Privacy Disconnect?

By Chris Conley, ACLU of Northern California at 5:48pm
The very first sentence on Facebook's privacy guide page states: "You should have control over what you share." That seems fairly simple, doesn't it? Read More
04/20/2010
ECPA

Google's New Transparency Tool: A Window Into Government Surveillance

By Chris Conley, ACLU of Northern California at 4:55pm
We've known for a long time that electronic privacy law is woefully outdated. But what we haven't known is how often the government is taking advantage of this fact ... Read More
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