Jennifer Lynch writes: EFF recently received documents from the FBI that reveal details about the depth of the agency’s electronic surveillance capabilities and call into question the FBI’s controversial effort to push Congress to expand the Communications Assistance to Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) for greater access to communications data. The documents we received were sent to us…
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Courts Struggle With Police Searches of Smartphones
Joshua Engel writes: In most states, police can arrest people for minor offenses, including traffic offenses punishable only by a fine. In 2001, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the ability of police in Texas to arrest a woman for failure to wear a seat belt after she was stopped while driving her two children home…
Students Forced to Answer Intimate, Sexually Suggestive Surveys
The Rutherford Institute is demanding that a Massachusetts school district cease its practice of requiring students to complete surveys asking overtly intimate and sexually suggestive questions without their parents’ knowledge or written consent. In a letter to the Fitchburg City School Committee, Rutherford Institute attorneys warn that by allowing these surveys to be administered to…
Wireless carriers reveal location privacy policies
Cecilia Kang reports: The nation’s top wireless carriers say they all collect personal information, including location data, about subscribers and use much of that information to tailor marketing pitches for more services. In letters responding to lawmakers’ questions, they described varied policies on protecting data and how long they retain location and other sensitive information…