Tag: NSA

In the fight for encryption, attorney-client privilege is at stake.

Access Now joins more than 30 civil society organizations in calling for U.S. House Judiciary Committee leaders to release critical information regarding the current implementation of U.S. surveillance laws.

Changes in the United States put the “Privacy Shield” at risk, including executive orders that disregard the rights of anyone outside the country.

Today more than 30 major companies and organizations joined the effort to reform Section 702 the U.S. FISA Amendments Act (FAA).

Attacks like WannaCry have a devastating impact on vulnerable people and communities around the world. Here’s what we can do to prevent them.

Ending the practice of collecting communications “about” intelligence targets is an important win for privacy, setting the stage for deeper U.S. surveillance reform.

Edward Snowden did the right thing when he exposed surveillance practices that damage human rights worldwide. He should be pardoned.

Last week, Obama Administration officials revealed that they will not force technology companies to weaken encryption to give government officials special access to users’ data. However, this is only a partial win for advocates of smart digital security policy. As our U.S. policy manager Amie Stepanovich explains in a post at Just Security, ambiguity remains with regard to the administration’s stand on encryption.

Access denounces the French National Assembly’s approval of a new bill that would give France authority to conduct mass indiscriminate surveillance of millions of individuals in France and abroad.

Access today congratulates the United States Senate, which voted 77-17 to advance the USA FREEDOM Act of 2015.