Tag: Communications Privacy

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 Biden, on March 12 EPIC submitted a FOIA request to DHS for an unclassified, unpublished 2022 CISA report on the threat of SS7 surveillance and securing America's communications networks.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