Big Tech doesn’t need more loopholes. But S.B. 690 gives them one the size of California: the power to wiretap you online, then turn around and call it “commercial business.” California lawmakers must reject this bill.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
California’s Corporate Cover-Up Act Is a Privacy Nightmare
California lawmakers are pushing one of the most dangerous privacy rollbacks we’ve seen in years. S.B. 690, what we’re calling the Corporate Co...
A badly misguided court order in a copyright lawsuit requires OpenAI to store all consumer ChatGPT conversations indefinitely—even if a user tries to delete them.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Copyright Cases Should Not Threaten Chatbot Users’ Privacy
Like users of all technologies, ChatGPT users deserve the right to delete their personal data. Nineteen U.S. States, the European Union, and a host...
Hundreds of data brokers have not registered with state consumer protection agencies. Learn who they are.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Why Are Hundreds of Data Brokers Not Registering with States?
Hundreds of data brokers have not registered with state consumer protection agencies. A new analysis by Privacy Rights Clearinghouse (PRC) and the ...
A variety of US federal and state laws give cops the power to get your data from online services. This overview goes over how they work, and how they can be mitigated.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
How Cops Can Get Your Private Online Data
Can the cops get your online data? In short, yes. There are a variety of US federal and state laws which give law enforcement powers to obtain info...
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35 Years for Privacy & Free Speech
EFF is on a mission to protect your civil liberties and human rights wherever they meet tech, but it’s only possible with your help.
"Government social media surveillance invades privacy and chills freedom of speech, and it is prone to errors and misinterpretation without ever having been proven effective at assessing security threats," EFF’s Sophia Copetold The Register.
US student visa applicants must make social media public
: Visa seekers are reportedly censoring their own posts to visit the land of the free
ChatGPT’s 300+ million users submit over 1 billion messages to its chatbots per day, often for personal purposes. Their privacy shouldn’t be put at risk. But a recent court order does just that.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Copyright Cases Should Not Threaten Chatbot Users’ Privacy
Like users of all technologies, ChatGPT users deserve the right to delete their personal data. Nineteen U.S. States, the European Union, and a host...
4 states have passed data broker registration laws. 750 companies have registered in at least one state. 100s do not register in all states. We've asked regulators to investigate.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Why Are Hundreds of Data Brokers Not Registering with States?
Hundreds of data brokers have not registered with state consumer protection agencies. A new analysis by Privacy Rights Clearinghouse (PRC) and the ...
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Privacy Badger
Protecting your privacy doesn't have to be scary. Check out our Surveillance Self-Defense guides for step-by-step tutorials for keeping your data and devices secure.
Surveillance Self-Defense
We’re the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a member-supported non-profit working to protect online privacy for over thirty-five years. This is Sur...