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Access Now leads coalition letter to U.S. Senate Commerce Committee calling for rights-respecting data privacy legislation
Access Now, along with 16 leading public interest organizations, is urging leaders in the U.S. Senate to listen to their constituents and take action on strong data privacy legislation.…
3 December 2019
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Access Now and partners organize U.S. Capitol Hill briefing on data privacy, December 11
Join us at 12 pm EST on Wednesday, December 11th for remarks by Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL-9) and a panel discussion of the impact of data harvesting and abuse, as well as legislative approaches to addressing the problem. …
2 December 2019
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EU states vote on ePrivacy reform: We were promised more privacy. Instead, we are getting a surveillance toolkit.
Brussels, Belgium — Today, the representatives of the EU states have rejected the text presented by the Finnish Presidency on the ePrivacy Regulation. With this vote, the ePrivacy reform could stay at a standstill for many months or even be…
22 November 2019
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Eric Null joins Access Now as U.S. Policy Manager
Access Now is pleased to announce that Eric Null has joined us as the U.S. Policy Manager, where he will lead our efforts on protecting the digital rights of users in the United States on consumer privacy, broadband policy, and surveillance, among other issues.…
21 November 2019
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Access Now calls on Apple to affirm its commitment to freedom of expression
The recent reports of Apple’s removal of the Chinese version of the Quartz news app and the HKmap.live app from the App Store, as well as the censorship of iOS mobile games in China, raise questions about the company’s commitment to freedom of expression.…
21 November 2019
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Open letter on affirming Apple’s commitment to freedom of expression
The recent decisions by Apple to remove the Chinese version of the Quartz news app and the HKmap.live app from the App Store, as well as reports of the censorship of iOS mobile games in China, underscore why we urged Apple to fully commit to respecting freedom of expression.…
21 November 2019
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Sistema de reconocimiento biométrico en Córdoba, Argentina: pedido de acceso a la información pública
El Gobierno de la Provincia de Córdoba hizo pública una prueba experimental de un sistema de vigilancia con reconocimiento biométrico que ya está siendo implementado. Debido a la falta de transparencia y de información sobre ese sistema, la ONG de derechos humanos Access Now presentó un pedido de acceso a la información pública.…
13 November 2019
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ائتلاف مقاومة حجب الإنترنت يرسل رسالة رسمية لوزارة الإتصالات حول إبقاء خدمة الإنترنت مفتوحًة وآمنًة في العراق
الرسالة باللغة الإنجليزية. [1] يُعرَّف إيقاف أو قطع تشغيل الإنترنت على أنه تعطيل متعمد للإنترنت أو الاتصالات الإلكترونية، مما يمنع أو يحد إمكانية الوصول إليها أو استخدامها فعليًا ، من قبل سكان في بقعة جغرافية معينة أو داخل موقع…
8 November 2019
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#KeepitOn: Joint letter on keeping the internet open and secure in Iraq
Arabic version in PDF here. [1] An internet shutdown is defined as an intentional disruption of internet or electronic communications, rendering them inaccessible or effectively unusable, for a specific population or within a location, often to exert control over the…
8 November 2019
