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…
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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…
Justice Department Memo Claims Alien Enemies Act Allows Warrantless Home Searches and No Judicial Review
C.J. Ciaramella writes: Newly uncovered guidance from the Justice Department claims the Alien Enemies Act (AEA) allows federal law enforcement officers to enter the houses of suspected gang members without a warrant and remove them from the country without any judicial review. In a March 14 memorandum, obtained by the open government group Property of the People…
State Privacy Regulators Announce Formation of Privacy ‘Supergroup’
Lauren N. Watson of Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. The concept of the “supergroup” may have originated with rock and roll, but on April 16, 2025, privacy practitioners in the United States learned that a whole new type of supergroup has been formed. Far from being a reboot of Cream or the Traveling…