However, privacy experts at the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and the Center for Digital Democracy (CDD) aren’t convinced; they’re already fired off a letter asking the FTC to investigate.
In 2011, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) filed a complaint against Facebook with the FTC over their facial recognition capabilities. Some European companies have already raised concerns about Facebook’s autotagging practice, citing...
The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) wanted to know more about Google's relationship with NSA. The Federal Appeals Court has upheld the National Security Agency's decision not to release information confirming or denying if they have a...
Congressman Ed Markey and the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) have urged for a larger investigation into Google’s Street View data collection. Although Google appears to be clear of the Street View mess, the Federal Trade Commission is...
Congressman and the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) are calling for further investigations of the search giant. Markey has spoken out against Google before, most recently opposing Google's new privacy policy.
A federal court dismissed a lawsuit the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) brought against the U.S. Google has collected the same data for years, and has given itself the ability to combine information with other Google services in its...
Fla.and two watchdog groups – Consumer Watchdog and the Electronic Privacy Information Center – began pushing the FTC to investigate whether Google violated a privacy settlement the FTC signed with Google last year.
The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) is suing the U.S. The suit also alleges that the privacy policy change will "make it possible for advertisers to gain access to personal information which was previously unavailable to them.
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...
The Electronic Privacy Information Center is considering filing an FTC complaint, even after two of the senators involved in the first subcommittee investigation suggested an FTC investigation last month.
In response to this choice, concerned Facebook users teamed with the Electronic Privacy Information Center to file a complaint with the FTC. The settlement comes in response to concerns over Facebook’s privacy controls, and would mandate both new...
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.
UPDATE: The Electronic Privacy Information Center is also calling for a Facebook FTC investigation, according to the Los Angeles Times. Privacy concerns were also front and center last week following Facebook's f8 conference, when the introduction...
We've obtained a draft copy of a complaint to the FTC penned by the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), and we hear that they're trying to drum up support from other privacy organizations before they file the document.
New York, for example, forbids the use of a person's "name, portrait, picture or voice" from being used for advertising purposes without the prior written approval from the person," Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy...
The FCC confirmed the investigation began earlier this year after privacy advocacy group Electronic Privacy Information Center sent a complaint in May. If Google is found to have intentionally violated laws to prevent electronic eavesdropping, the...
Consumer watchdogs including the Electronic Frontier Foundation are urging a boycott of Google's new Desktop Search program, citing privacy concerns. Google Desktop 3.0 Raises New Privacy Issues However the bill, which was sparked out of search...
Consumer watchdogs including the Electronic Frontier Foundation are urging a boycott of Google's new Desktop Search program, citing privacy concerns. Data Privacy Bill Introduced, Not Well Thought Out - "Bill would force Web sites to delete...
Newsflash, Chris Hoofnagle of the Electronic Privacy Information Center. What Search Sites Know About You from Wired looks at the issue of search privacy. Privacy concerns are valid -- let's just point them at the industry as a whole, rather then...
Rather than dismiss Brandt as paranoid, it's important to note he's simply reciting what the widely respected Electronic Frontier Foundation has to say in its analysis of the USA Patriot Act: Second, it decides to do widespread electronic monitoring.
