Tag: Communications Privacy

  • When Courts Reach The Merits, Spyware Loses

    May 8, 2025

    On April 28, 8 jurors were empaneled to decide how much NSO Group, the notorious mercenary spyware company, would be fined for hacking WhatsApp servers in order to spy on millions of Americans. On May 6, jurors gave their decision: NSO Group’s flagrant violation of the law would cost them $444,719 in statutory damages and $167.25 million in punitive damages, striking a major blow to the infamous company.

    • Fourth Amendment

    • Intelligence Surveillance

    • Privacy Laws

    • Surveillance Oversight

    • Analysis

  • FCC Initiates Rulemaking to Secure Government Wiretap System in Response to Salt Typhoon Breach

    January 17, 2025

    On January 16, 2025, FCC Chairwoman Rosenworcel released a Declaratory Ruling and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) "Protecting the Nation’s Communications Systems from Cybersecurity Threats",

    • Communications Privacy

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Cybersecurity

    • Data Security

    • Surveillance Oversight

    • Wiretapping

    • Updates

  • “Free” Prison Tablets: In Promise and In Practice

    August 29, 2024

    • Access to Information

    • Communications Privacy

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Democracy & Free Speech

    • Analysis

  • EPIC Seeks CISA Report on Threat of SS7 Surveillance

    March 13, 2024

    Following up on a letter from Sen. Wyden to Pres. Biden, on March 12 EPIC submitted a FOIA request to DHS for an unclassified, unpublished 2022 CISA report on the threat of SS7 surveillance and securing America's communications networks.

    • Communications Privacy

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Cybersecurity

    • Data Security

    • Updates

  • Sen. Wyden Reveals Government Surveillance of Smartphone “Push” Notifications

    December 6, 2023

    Sen. Wyden published a letter revealing that the government can compel Apple and Google to turn over contents and metadata from push communications.

    • Communications Privacy

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Surveillance Oversight

    • Wiretapping

    • Updates

  • What the FCC’s Safe Connections Rule Must Get Right to Support Survivors of Domestic Violence

    March 16, 2023

    The FCC's Safe Connections Rule must prioritize maximizing survivor self-determination, maximizing program utilization, and protecting privacy through data minimization.

    • Communications Privacy

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Analysis

  • Greater Legal Protections Needed for Phone Geolocation Data

    November 28, 2022

    Mobile carriers' responses to FCC inquiry further underscore the urgent need for Congress to enact laws that safeguard the privacy of Americans’ location data.

    • Communications Privacy

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Data Brokers

    • Data Protection

    • Location Tracking

    • Analysis