Issues: Privacy
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| 13 | 13 | EFF fights in the courts and Congress to extend your privacy rights into the digital world, and supports the development of privacy-protecting technologies. Donate to EFF to help support our efforts. |
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| 15 | 15 | **For information about the law and technology of government surveillance in the United States, check out EFF's [Surveillance Self-Defense](http://ssd.eff.org/) project.** |
| 16 | 16 | |
| 17 | 17 | ## Litigation |
| 18 | 18 | |
| 19 | - [FOIA: Social Networking Monitoring](https://eff.org/foia/social-network-monitoring) | |
| 20 | ||
| 21 | EFF, along with students from the Samuelson Clinic at UC Berkeley, filed suit against a half-dozen government agencies seeking their policies for using social networking sites for investigations, data-collection, and surveillance. | |
| 22 | ||
| 19 | - [Rehberg v. Hodges](https://eff.org/cases/rehberg-v-hodges) | |
| 20 | - [In Re Application of the United States of America for an Order Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 2703(d)](https://eff.org/cases/re-application-united-states-america-order) | |
| 21 | - [City of Ontario v. Quon](https://eff.org/cases/city-ontario-v-quon) | |
| 23 | 22 | - [San Mateo Court Litigation](https://eff.org/cases/san-mateo) |
| 24 | 23 | |
| 25 | 24 | EFF has urged a California state court to suppress evidence gathered by law enforcement from a suspect's iPhone during a warrantless search, including phone book contacts, called phone numbers, emails, text messages, Internet search history, and photos. |
| 26 | 25 | |
| 27 | 26 | - [Warshak v. United States](https://eff.org/cases/warshak-v-united-sta) |
| 28 | - [In Re: Matter of Search Warrant (Boston College)](https://eff.org/cases/re-matter-search-warrant-boston-college) | |
| 29 | - [US v Maynard](https://eff.org/cases/us-v-maynard) | |
| 27 | - [FOIA: Social Networking Monitoring](https://eff.org/foia/social-network-monitoring) | |
| 30 | 28 | |
| 31 | EFF has urged a U.S. appeals court to reject government claims that federal agents have an unfettered right to install Global Positioning System (GPS) location-tracking devices on anyone's car without a warrant. | |
| 29 | EFF, along with students from the Samuelson Clinic at UC Berkeley, filed suit against a half-dozen government agencies seeking their policies for using social networking sites for investigations, data-collection, and surveillance. | |
| 32 | 30 | |
| 33 | - [City of Ontario v. Quon](https://eff.org/cases/city-ontario-v-quon) | |
| 34 | - [Rehberg v. Hodges](https://eff.org/cases/rehberg-v-hodges) | |
| 35 | - [NASA v. Nelson](https://eff.org/cases/nasa-v-nelson) | |
| 31 | - [FOIA: Records on PATRIOT Act Use and Misuse](https://eff.org/foia/foia-records-patriot-act-use-and-misuse) | |
| 36 | 32 | |
| 33 | EFF filed suit against the DOJ, demanding FBI records on effectiveness, lawfulness, and potential misuse of three controversial PATRIOT Act surveillance provisions. | |
| 34 | ||
| 35 | - [Hersh v. Cohen](https://eff.org/cases/hersh-v-cohen) | |
| 36 | ||
| 37 | 37 | » [All Privacy Cases](https://eff.org/related/384/case) |
| 38 | 38 | |
| 39 | 39 | ## In The News |
| 40 | 40 | |
| 41 | - WIRED | January 28, 2011 [Threat Level Privacy, Crime and Security Online Previous post Next post Internet 'Kill Switch' Legislation Back in Play](https://eff.org/press/mentions/2011/1/28-2) | |
| 42 | - SUITE101.COM | January 28, 2011 [Anonymity on the Internet: The Online Disinhibition Effect](https://eff.org/press/mentions/2011/1/28) | |
| 43 | - CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING | January 27, 2011 [When can cops gain access to my personal info on Facebook?](https://eff.org/press/mentions/2011/1/27-0) | |
| 41 | - UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL | February 20, 2011 [Under the U.S. Supreme Court: Using Twitter to build WikiLeaks case Read more: http://www.upi.com/Top\_News/US/2011/02/20/Under-](https://eff.org/press/mentions/2011/2/20) | |
| 42 | - .IMEDIACONNECTION.COM | February 19, 2011 [Should the Government Be Protecting Online Privacy?](https://eff.org/press/mentions/2011/2/19-0) | |
| 43 | - NEW YORK TIMES | February 17, 2011 [As Online Communications Stymie Wiretaps, Lawmakers Debate Solutions](https://eff.org/press/mentions/2011/2/17-1) | |
| 44 | 44 | |
| 45 | 45 | » [All Privacy News Articles](https://eff.org/related/384/mention) |
| 46 | 46 | |
| 47 | 47 | ## Other Resources |
| 48 | 48 | |
| 49 | - [Technology Research and Development](https://eff.org/code) | |
| 50 | - February 07, 2011 [Tell Your Representative to Reject the PATRIOT Act Sneak Attack!](https://secure.eff.org/site/Advocacy) | |
| 49 | 51 | - February 02, 2011 [Contact the Senate Judiciary Committee TODAY to Support Reforms to PATRIOT Act!](https://secure.eff.org/site/Advocacy) |
| 50 | 52 | - [Patterns of Misconduct: FBI Intelligence Violations from 2001 - 2008](https://eff.org/pages/patterns-misconduct-fbi-intelligence-violations) |
| 51 | 53 | - [HTTPS Everywhere FAQ](https://eff.org/https-everywhere/faq) |
| 52 | 54 | - [HTTPS Everywhere](https://eff.org/https-everywhere) |
| 53 | 55 | - [Google Book Search Settlement and Reader Privacy for Authors and Publishers](https://eff.org/issues/privacy/google-book-search-settlement-for-authors-and-publishers) |
| 54 | 56 | - July 23, 2009 [Don't Let Google Close the Book on Reader Privacy](https://secure.eff.org/site/Advocacy) |
| 55 | 57 | - [TOSBack](https://eff.org/code/tosback) |
| 56 | 58 | - [Google Book Search Settlement and Reader Privacy](https://eff.org/issues/privacy/google-book-search-settlement) |
| 57 | 59 | - April 06, 2009 [Reform The PATRIOT Act: Stop Abuse of National Security Letters](https://secure.eff.org/site/Advocacy) |
| 58 | 60 | - February 03, 2009 [California Action Alert - Say No to Biometrics in CA Driver's Licenses](https://secure.eff.org/site/Advocacy) |
| 61 | - [Privacy Software: Tor](http://tor.eff.org/) | |
| 59 | 62 | - [MyTube - Limit the Privacy Risks of Embedded Video](https://eff.org/code/mytube) |
| 60 | 63 | - [EFF's Case Against AT&T](https://eff.org/nsa/hepting) |
| 61 | 64 | - June 20, 2008 [Tell The Senate to Vote Against Immunity](https://secure.eff.org/site/Advocacy) |
| 62 | 65 | - May 07, 2008 [Don't Let the Justice Department Harvest DNA from Innocents](https://eff.org/action/protectdna) |
| 63 | - [Privacy Software: Tor](http://tor.eff.org/) | |
| 64 | 66 | - May 01, 2008 [Protect Digital Privacy at the Border and Beyond](http://action.eff.org/site/Advocacy) |
| 65 | 67 | - [Total Information Awareness (TIA)](http://www.eff.org/Privacy/TIA/) |
| 66 | 68 | - April 15, 2008 [Repeal the REAL ID Act](https://secure.eff.org/site/Advocacy) |
| 67 | 69 | |
| 68 | 70 | ## Related Issues |
| 69 | 71 | |
| 84 | 86 | EFF is fighting to protect the privacy of this data that users of phones, GPS transmitters and location-based services leak to providers and to the government. In our cell tracking and GPS tracking cases, we advocate that the law protect this information by requiring police to get a search warrant before obtaining this sensitive data. |
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| 86 | 88 | - [Pen Trap](https://eff.org/issues/pen-trap) |
| 87 | 89 | |
| 88 | 90 | ## Whitepapers |
| 89 | 91 | |
| 92 | - 2011 [Patterns of Misconduct: FBI Intelligence Violations from 2001 - 2008](https://eff.org/wp/patterns-misconduct-fbi-intelligence-violations) | |
| 90 | 93 | - 2009 [On Locational Privacy, and How to Avoid Losing it Forever](https://eff.org/wp/locational-privacy) |
| 91 | 94 | - 2008 [Best Practices for Online Service Providers](https://eff.org/wp/osp) |
| 92 | 95 | - 2006 [Six Tips to Protect Your Search Privacy](https://eff.org/wp/six-tips-protect-your-search-privacy) |
| 93 | 96 | - 2005 [Investigating Machine Identification Code Technology in Color Laser Printers](https://eff.org/wp/investigating-machine-identification-code-technology-color-laser-printers) |
| 94 | 97 | - 2004 [Best Practices for Online Service Providers](https://eff.org/osp/old) |
| 95 | 98 | - 2002 [EFF's Top 12 Ways to Protect Your Online Privacy](https://eff.org/wp/effs-top-12-ways-protect-your-online-privacy) |