Release Type: Press Releases

Today, the Department of Treasury and Department of Commerce officially released the anticipated changes to the Cuban Assets Control Regulations (CACR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR).

Spanish law enforcement is claiming that the use RiseUp.net’s secure communication technologies justifies arrests and detainments. Access vehemently disagrees.

Tomorrow morning, Legal Services in the EU will release this long-awaited study. Access has obtained a copy of the document, which concludes that the EU’s powers to legislate on data retention matters are now limited.

Yesterday President Obama announced that the U.S. and Cuban governments will reestablish diplomatic relations. Access welcomes this historic announcement.

The House is set to vote on a version of the Intelligence Authorization Act that fails to include unprecedented surveillance reform provisions initially passed by a large, bipartisan majority of the House.

Today Sen. Ron Wyden introduced the Secure Data Act, a bill that would prohibit the government from mandating backdoors in hardware and software products.

The SaveTheInternet.eu campaign mobilises EU citizens to contact their Member State representatives and tell them not to turn their backs on net neutrality.

More than 35 groups from 19 countries agree on a universal definition of net neutrality

Today, a coalition of civil society organizations and companies sent a letter to the Obama Administration asking it to set strong guiding principles for the establishment of encryption standards.

Yesterday, the USA FREEDOM Act — the bill that would have halted the NSA’s bulk collection of telephony metadata under section 215 of the PATRIOT Act — failed to move forward in the United States Senate.