Wiretapping

New Jersey Supreme Court Rules to Protect Social Media Users’ Communications

The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that law enforcement cannot do an end run around the Wiretap Act when they want to force social media companies to provide users' communications for a period of time.

• Communications Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Surveillance Oversight

• Wiretapping

• Updates

EPIC Reply Comments to FCC on Martha Wright-Reed Act Implementation

EPIC's reply comments on the FCC's Implementation of the Martha Wright-Reed Act urged the agency to broadly and aggressively regulate prison phone telecommunications providers.

• Surveillance Oversight

• Wiretapping

• Comments

EPIC Urges FCC to Aggressively Regulate Prison Phone Industry

EPIC urged the FCC to interpret a recent law broadly to aggressively regulate prison phone providers and bring down costs for incarcerated people and their families.

• Communications Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Surveillance Oversight

• Wiretapping

• Updates

EPIC Urges FCC to Lower Prices, Reduce Surveillance on Prison Telecommunications

EPIC urged the FCC to lower the cost of prison phone and video calls, and regulate e-messaging systems.

• Communications Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Protection

• Location Tracking

• Surveillance Oversight

• Wiretapping

• Updates

EPIC Comments to FCC on Martha-Wright Reed Act Implementation

Comments of EPIC to the FCC on the Implementation of the Martha Wright-Reed Act to expand the authority of the FCC to lower prices for prison telecommunications.

• Communications Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Government Databases

• Surveillance Oversight

• Wiretapping

• APA Comments

DHS OIG Report: Secret Service and ICE Illegally Used Cell-Site Simulators

A report by DHS's Inspector General revealed that the Secret Service and ICE have used cell-site simulators without obtaining warrants or following statutory privacy requirements.

• Privacy in Public

• Surveillance Oversight

• Wiretapping

• Updates

EPIC, EFF, and CDT to New Jersey Supreme Court: Don’t Let Police Sleight-of-Hand Avoid Wiretap Requirements

• Communications Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Privacy Laws

• Surveillance Oversight

• U.S. Privacy Laws

• Wiretapping

• Updates

Facebook v. New Jersey

When police want to order a social media company to give them access to a person's future social media messages every 15 minutes for a period of thirty days, can they do so through one search warrant, or do they need to apply for a wiretap order?

• Communications Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Privacy Laws

• Surveillance Oversight

• U.S. Privacy Laws

• U.S. State Privacy Laws

• Wiretapping

• Amicus Briefs

EPIC Urges FCC to Prohibit Providers from Charging Detained Persons and Their Families for Call Surveillance

Yesterday EPIC sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission, thanking the agency for its decision to extend call rate protections for "jails" and "prisons" to include juvenile detention facilities, ICE detention facilities, and secure mental health facilities.

• Communications Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Brokers

• Surveillance Oversight

• Wiretapping

• Updates

In re: Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services

• Communications Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Brokers

• Surveillance Oversight

• Wiretapping

• APA Comments