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End the Privacy Shield: Access Now urges the European Commission to suspend Privacy Shield due to changes in US policies
Our letter asks for suspension of the Privacy Shield agreement in light of developments in the United States that cast new doubt on its capacity for protecting Europeans’ rights. …
8 February 2017
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Access Now looks forward to working with U.S. House Judiciary Committee to reform warrantless surveillance
Washington D.C. (February 1, 2017) — The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), today announced the committee’s agenda for the 115th Congress. Access Now was pleased to hear Chairman Goodlatte identify surveillance reform as a priority, and…
1 February 2017
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Launch of digital initiatives in the EU: the good, the bad, and the ugly
Brussels, BE – Today, the EU Commission published its proposal for an e-Privacy Regulation and two Communications; on the data economy and on data transfers. With these proposals, the Commission plans to tackle issues from confidentiality of communications, “data localisation”,…
10 January 2017
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Access Now issues a “menu of options” to reform warrantless mass surveillance
Washington D.C. — Today Access Now published a series of blog posts examining Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act and offered a roadmap for reform. The law, which authorizes warrantless mass surveillance programs like Upstream and Prism, is set…
15 December 2016
