The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is reporting that social networking and web service companies are making strides towards becoming more transparent with users. We’re thrilled to see a growing number of companies publishing transparency...
Google is fighting a National Security Letter (NSL) issued by the U.S.government, with the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) acknowledging it is one of the first firms to do so. According to the EFF, Google is one of the first communications...
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) said that the incident underscores the need for a strict, organised "Do Not Track" platform from Google and its advertising partners. It’s time for Google to acknowledge that it can do a better job of...
Despite vocal opposition from the ACLU, EFF, and at least 37 other human rights and privacy organizations (see their letter to the U.S. Nevada Senator Harry Reid has postponed the Protect I.P.vote, while House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar...
Privacy advocates, including the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) in Washington, have voiced concerns over online user verification systems, including the risks of increased surveillance or...
In their written statement, the EFF left little room for argument on how they really feel about the process, saying, “These are positive steps, but frankly, the original provisions were so overbroad and poorly written that we suspect the bill's...
I could go more into this, but instead I will just bullet point some of the recent areas being defended by the EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation), the ones who try to keep your cyber land free and privacy still your right, and let you see just...
Now we know from the video there are no laws governing the NSTIC and these issues, but even more so it only takes a quick scan of the EFF.org, to see the privacy issues they fight every day to know the laws have not even caught up yet to the...
One only has to go to the EFF (EFF.org) to know that the laws around privacy in cyberspace are weak and unspecified in most cases. In 2011, trillions of dollars in e-commerce transactions and a growing number of other interactions have made knowing...
Please visit the EFF.org. Add to this the fact that Facebook and Google have both purchased facial recognition software companies and you have a puzzling picture. Why do these two need facial recognition software and real names for social media and...
EFF, the foundation that Eckersley is a part of, has developed a Firefox add-on that prevents hijacking. Several Internet service providers (ISPs) are intentionally hijacking search queries to gain affiliate dollars, according to Reese Richman LLP...
Then there was an incident in 2008 at my own agency, when a former employee told an influential blogger to “eff off” in a tweet. Retracing the steps of what happened after a social PR campaign “gone wild” is reminiscent of the movie “The Hangover.
Opponents such as the ACLU, the EFF, and the American Library Association believe such a legislation would erode citizens basic rights. Sen. Susan Collins, the Republican ranking member on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee...
The main mechanism of the bill is to interfere with the Internet's domain name system (DNS), which translates names like "www.eff.org" or "www.nytimes.com" into the IP addresses that computers use to communicate.
The request was made by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) particularly as it applies to AT&T and Apple's iPhone Software License agreement. Most reporters are focused on the United States Copyright Office declaration that it is it legal to...
According to TRUSTe -- an online privacy watchdog group founded by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the CommerceNet Consortium "to act as an independent, unbiased trust entity" -- more people are aware of behavioral targeting and are...
Court Protects Email from Secret Government Searches, EFF Speakers included Rand Fishkin, Neil Patel, Todd Malicoat, and Cindy Krum. This article will provide an integrated summary of their advice for social media marketing.
Court Protects Email from Secret Government Searches, EFF Here we've collected today's top news stories posted to the Search Engine Watch Blog, along with search-related headlines from around the Web:
EFF Backs Google Trademark Advertising MethodsGoogle's allowing of advertising on trademarked keywords has received the support of the civil rights group Electronic Frontier Foundation. Upcoming Search Engine Strategies Events + Editors' Notes...
EFF Backs Google Trademark Advertising MethodsGoogle's allowing of advertising on trademarked keywords has received the support of the civil rights group Electronic Frontier Foundation. From the SEW blog:
