Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA)

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CISPA Is Back: FAQ On What It Is And Why It's Still Dangerous

Mark M. Jaycox and Kurt Opsahl | Electronic Frontier Foundation | February 25, 2013

The privacy-invasive bill known as CISPA—the so-called “cybersecurity” bill—was reintroduced in February 2013. Just like last year, the bill has stirred a tremendous amount of grassroots activism because it carves a loophole in all known privacy laws and grants legal immunity for companies to share your private information. Read More »

The White House Big Data Report: The Good, The Bad, And The Missing

Jeremy Gillula and Kurt Opsahl and Rainey Reitman | Electronic Frontier Foundation | May 4, 2014

Last week, the White House released its report on big data and its privacy implications, the result of a 90-day study commissioned by President Obama during his January 17 speech on NSA surveillance reforms. Now that we’ve had a chance to read the report we’d like to share our thoughts on what we liked, what we didn’t, and what we thought was missing...

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When Will Our Email Betray Us? An Email Privacy Primer In Light Of The Petraeus Saga

Hanni Fakhoury, Kurt Opsahl, and Rainey Reitman | Electronic Frontier Foundation | November 14, 2012

The unfolding scandal that led to the resignation of Gen. David Petraeus, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, started with some purportedly harassing emails. [...] After the FBI kicked its investigation into high gear, it identified the sender as Paula Broadwell. [...] We've received a lot of questions about how this works—what legal process the FBI needs to conduct its email investigation. The short answer? It's complicated. Read More »