The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is reporting that social networking and web service companies are making strides towards becoming more transparent with users. report, the online activist group lauded a number of major companies for their...
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. Google took the unusual step last month of revealing, albeit in...
Electronic Communications Privacy Act. Google has followed up last week's transparency report update – which revealed that government requests have risen by 70 percent over the last two years – with a little more information on how it deals with...
These are requests for user-identifying information, issued under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (“ECPA”), and are the easiest to get because they typically don’t involve judges.percent were through ECPA search warrants.
Yet, the quote is lifted directly from a special 1976 edition of the Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, with the title: “Strategies for Dealing with Human Information Needs: Information or Communication?
The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) wanted to know more about Google's relationship with NSA. NSA refused to confirm or deny a relationship between the two, arguing that this could make the U.S.government and its information systems...
Congressman Ed Markey and the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) have urged for a larger investigation into Google’s Street View data collection. Google today filed a 17-page response to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC...
Congressman and the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) are calling for further investigations of the search giant. Google has previously faced government scrutiny over the collection of wireless data by Street View teams all around the...
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. The company has come under fire from privacy advocates and and government...
To voice your opposition against H.R.the Data Retention bill, visit the Electronic Freedom Foundation’s Don’t Let Congress Order Internet Companies to Spy on You page. Even in his January 20 statement condemning the shelving of SOPA and criticizing...
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...
Still, said the Electronic Freedom Foundation, the Manager’s Amendment was no compromise. Whether it’s called SOPA, PIPA, OPEN Act, or some other acronym, the U.S.government, driven by pressure largely out of Hollywood, is determined to put piracy...
While this sounds like a wonderful feature for users, it could also mean that secure personalized search results and history are subject to the same draconian search and seizure methods the government now employs under the Electronic...
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...
Google notes the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, which allows government data requests without warrants, as a major contributor. As part of the Digital Due Process group – which also includes Amazon, AOL, AT Google is pushing for reform of...
The four accounts in question were related to a WikiLeaks investigation, with the court order obtained under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, which prevents the company from notifying the user that their account has been investigated.
The law under which this questionable seizure of private communications is permitted is called the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. What do you think of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act?
Hospitals and doctors have a hard enough time deploying electronic medical record (EMR) systems, and when they do, most of the functionality is ignored; it certainly isn’t embraced at the point of care.
Google Wallet: Android NFC Payment System Announced - Search Engine WatchGoogle Wallet will allow users of Android phones that have NFC chips to simply tap their phones on specially enabled electronic payment pads to pay for their purchases.
Speculation that Google plans on creating an electronic book reader were given more fuel with the company's acquisition of eBook Technologies - "a company that specializes in both hardware and content distribution for electronic readers,"
