Electronic Frontier Foundation sues to ease access to copyrighted material
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed a complaint today in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia challenging the “anti-circumvention” and “anti-trafficking” provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) [act,...
Google and Viacom not liable for tracking children's online activity: Third Circuit
The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Monday held that Google and Viacom are not liable for planting "cookies" on children's computers to gather data for advertisers. In a class...
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed a personal privacy violation complaint on Tuesday with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) against Google . The complaint outlines that the default "sync" setting of Chromebooks [product...
California Governor signs sweeping digital privacy bill into law
California Governor Jerry Brown on Thursday night signed into law the California Electronic Communications Act (CECA) , a law that many are touting as a substantial step forward for digital privacy and protecting users' rights....
Federal appeals court bolsters power of 'fair use' in copyright law
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday ruled that copyright owners must consider "fair use" before demanding the removal of online materials. The fair use doctrine, composed of a four-part test...
The French Parliament on Wednesday adopted a surveillance bill that would give French intelligence services the authority to monitor Internet use metadata. It is reported that the bill also allows for court...
French aviation giant Airbus said Friday it is filing criminal complaints alleging that German intelligence helped the US carry out industrial espionage. The criminal complaint against persons unknown was filed following German media reports that the country's...
The French Parliament on Monday debated a bill that would give French intelligence services more powers to bug and track potential terrorists in France. The bill would require Internet companies to monitor suspicious behavior. Internet...
Rights groups take UK government to European Human Rights Court over mass surveillance
Amnesty International (AI) revealed on Friday that the group, along with other prominent human rights organizations, has submitted an application to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) , bringing claims of indiscriminate surveillance...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) filed suit Tuesday accusing the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) of collecting records of the organization's telephone calls to foreign countries. The DEA attempted to make the existence of...
