Access Now is still waiting for a sufficient outcome to whether passenger data disclosure aided the grounding of Ryanair flight FR4978 carrying journalist Raman Pratasevich and Sofia Sapega.…
Megha Mandavia, Economic Times
Our latest update to the Transparency Reporting Index shows that corporate transparency and accountability need a reboot.…
While it is positive to see authorities around the world taking action to enforce privacy rights, the FTC settlement is insufficient.…
Ahead of presidential elections on Sunday, Brazil is experiencing a scandal involving misuse of data for political manipulation. How do we protect users’ rights and defend free democratic discourse?…
President Temer signed Brazil’s first piece of data protection legislation into law — but only after vetoing important provisions aimed at holding data processors accountable and ensuring the law is effectively implemented.…
Facebook must engage in deeper review and reform of its practices, and lawmakers must take action to ensure our rights are protected.…
Without federal standards, our access to redress for data breaches is hit-or-miss. …
Read our comments for NIST, a U.S. agency that creates technical standards, on its framework for cybersecurity.…
Yesterday, in a victory for human rights, the U.S. government agreed to a dismiss an appeal which had prevented Facebook from informing three users about a warrant for their records. Unfortunately by dismissing the case, there was no substantive ruling…
Help us send an unmistakable message: don’t sell out our privacy.…
Even in the absence of laws requiring swift disclosure of breaches, government agencies can do more to protect internet users.…
Our take on what the CJEU ruling on data retention means for the future of privacy in Europe.…
This year, 11 companies published transparency reports for the first time, including Snapchat, Kickstarter, and GitHub. We take a look at the information that some of these companies are sharing (or not sharing), and the implications for users’ rights.
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On March 19, the Australian House of Representatives passed a new data retention bill. Will it put the rights of journalists at risk?…
The former Home Affairs Commissioner has been systematically undermining the work of her own commission, and would be unfit to defend EU citizens’ interests as Trade Commissioner.…
Without much media attention, the heads of state of the African Union (AU) agreed to a landmark convention this summer affecting many aspects of digital life. …
In the U.S., where Verizon has more than 100 million customers, the company continues to receive tens of thousands of government requests for user data every month, according to its latest transparency report. …
CISA and CISPA propose information sharing to thwart cybersecurity threats, but instead increases surveillance and harm whistleblowers.…
Vodafone, the largest international mobile provider in the world, released today the most detailed transparency report ever.…
In the aftermath of 2013’s disclosures on government mass surveillance, there’s a simple “low-hanging fruit” protecting users. The majority of internet traffic — our emails, searches, chats, website visits, and more — remain unencrypted and vulnerable to prying eyes.…
This week Verizon became the first multinational telco to release a Transparency Report on law enforcement requests.…
The NSA is eavesdropping on the private cables running between the Google and Yahoo data centers where all user data is held. Under a program codenamed MUSCULAR the NSA is going right in, without permission from the companies or the courts.…
Today, Facebook released its first Global Government Requests Report detailing the number of requests for user data the company receives from governments around the world.…