Issues: Privacy

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1313EFF 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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1515**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.**
1616
1717## Litigation
1818
19- [FOIA: Social Networking Monitoring](https://eff.org/foia/social-network-monitoring)
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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.
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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)
2322- [San Mateo Court Litigation](https://eff.org/cases/san-mateo)
2423
2524 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.
2625
2726- [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)
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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.
3230
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)
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33 EFF filed suit against the DOJ, demanding FBI records on effectiveness, lawfulness, and potential misuse of three controversial PATRIOT Act surveillance provisions.
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35- [Hersh v. Cohen](https://eff.org/cases/hersh-v-cohen)
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3737» [All Privacy Cases](https://eff.org/related/384/case)
3838
3939## In The News
4040
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)
4444
4545» [All Privacy News Articles](https://eff.org/related/384/mention)
4646
4747## Other Resources
4848
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)
4951- February 02, 2011 [Contact the Senate Judiciary Committee TODAY to Support Reforms to PATRIOT Act!](https://secure.eff.org/site/Advocacy)
5052- [Patterns of Misconduct: FBI Intelligence Violations from 2001 - 2008](https://eff.org/pages/patterns-misconduct-fbi-intelligence-violations)
5153- [HTTPS Everywhere FAQ](https://eff.org/https-everywhere/faq)
5254- [HTTPS Everywhere](https://eff.org/https-everywhere)
5355- [Google Book Search Settlement and Reader Privacy for Authors and Publishers](https://eff.org/issues/privacy/google-book-search-settlement-for-authors-and-publishers)
5456- July 23, 2009 [Don't Let Google Close the Book on Reader Privacy](https://secure.eff.org/site/Advocacy)
5557- [TOSBack](https://eff.org/code/tosback)
5658- [Google Book Search Settlement and Reader Privacy](https://eff.org/issues/privacy/google-book-search-settlement)
5759- April 06, 2009 [Reform The PATRIOT Act: Stop Abuse of National Security Letters](https://secure.eff.org/site/Advocacy)
5860- 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/)
5962- [MyTube - Limit the Privacy Risks of Embedded Video](https://eff.org/code/mytube)
6063- [EFF's Case Against AT&T](https://eff.org/nsa/hepting)
6164- June 20, 2008 [Tell The Senate to Vote Against Immunity](https://secure.eff.org/site/Advocacy)
6265- 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/)
6466- May 01, 2008 [Protect Digital Privacy at the Border and Beyond](http://action.eff.org/site/Advocacy)
6567- [Total Information Awareness (TIA)](http://www.eff.org/Privacy/TIA/)
6668- April 15, 2008 [Repeal the REAL ID Act](https://secure.eff.org/site/Advocacy)
6769
6870## Related Issues
6971
8486 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.
8587
8688- [Pen Trap](https://eff.org/issues/pen-trap)
8789
8890## Whitepapers
8991
92- 2011 [Patterns of Misconduct: FBI Intelligence Violations from 2001 - 2008](https://eff.org/wp/patterns-misconduct-fbi-intelligence-violations)
9093- 2009 [On Locational Privacy, and How to Avoid Losing it Forever](https://eff.org/wp/locational-privacy)
9194- 2008 [Best Practices for Online Service Providers](https://eff.org/wp/osp)
9295- 2006 [Six Tips to Protect Your Search Privacy](https://eff.org/wp/six-tips-protect-your-search-privacy)
9396- 2005 [Investigating Machine Identification Code Technology in Color Laser Printers](https://eff.org/wp/investigating-machine-identification-code-technology-color-laser-printers)
9497- 2004 [Best Practices for Online Service Providers](https://eff.org/osp/old)
9598- 2002 [EFF's Top 12 Ways to Protect Your Online Privacy](https://eff.org/wp/effs-top-12-ways-protect-your-online-privacy)