Corynne McSherr, the Legal Director of EFF, writes: Simple common sense tells us that a corporation’s decision to operate in every state shouldn’t mean it can’t be sued in most of them. Sadly, U.S. law doesn’t always follow common sense. That’s why we were so pleased with a recent holding from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Setting a…
In Mass., volunteers pack thousands of abortion pills destined for states with bans
Martha Bebinger reports: Huddled around a small conference table in Greater Boston, fewer than a dozen volunteers form an ad hoc assembly line to slip hundreds of pills into padded envelopes. It’s not an illegal drug operation, at least not here in Massachusetts. But, the volunteers’ work to fill online prescription requests could risk criminal…
A Letter to the Privacy Law Community from the Scholars and Teachers in Leadership
May 2, 2025 Dear Colleagues, In our capacities as scholars, teachers, and leaders of the Privacy Law Scholars Foundation (PLSF) and the Privacy Law Scholars Conference (PLSC), we write to express our grave concern about ongoing threats to privacy and democracy in the United States. Each of us brings different perspectives on what the law…
TikTok fined 530 million euros by EU regulator over data protection
Reuters reports: TikTok was fined 530 million euros ($600 million) by its lead EU privacy regulator on Friday over concerns on how it protects user information and was ordered to suspend data transfers to China if its processing is not brought into compliance within six months. Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) said TikTok, owned by…