Kevin Bankston of EFF writes: In April we launched “Who Has Your Back”, a campaign calling on major Internet companies like Google, Amazon and Microsoft to stand with their users when it comes to government demands for users’ data. Today, we’re pleased to see that two of the thirteen companies highlighted in our petition, Apple and Dropbox,…
Category: Laws
Standing to Challenge Wiretap Law Divides Circuit
Mark Hamblett provides some context for split decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit over challenges to amendments made to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) in the FISA Amendments Act (FAA). As I noted yesterday, the court’s denial of an en banc hearing on the government’s appeal allows the case…
Group urges U.S. to require warrants for location-based tracking
Jaikumar Vijayan reports: Law enforcement officials should be required to obtain a warrant based on probable cause before using GPS or other electronic location tracking to follow individuals, a bi-partisan group said in a report released today. The 13-page report released by The Constitution Project’s Liberty and Security Committee also calls on Congress to amend the Electronic Communications Privacy…
Bill would protect home schoolers’ records
Bob Kellogg writes: Republican Congressman Randy Hultgren of Illinois has introduced a bill that would give greater protection to the education records of home schoolers. The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) currently protects the privacy of student records for those who attend schools that receive funds under an applicable program of the U.S….