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EFF Sues FBI Seeking Information on Electronic Surveillance
Attorneys for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a San Francisco-based privacy advocacy group, have filed suit against the FBI under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to request records pertaining to the successors of the government’s abandoned electronic surveillance program codenamed Carnivore.
EFF Publishes Privacy Tips for Internet Searches
Responding to AOL’s recent privacy leak, the Electronic Frontier Foundation has published “Six Tips to Protect Your Online Search Privacy,” a concise guide aimed at the average Internet user.
EFF Sides With Google Over Perfect 10 on Appeal
Holding to its original position, the Electronic Frontier Foundation filed an amicus brief with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, siding with Google in a case brought by adult website and magazine publisher Perfect 10 alleging that the company’s Image Search violates U.S. copyright law.
EFF Issues Warning Over New Google Desktop
The Electronic Frontier Foundation, a civil and digital advocacy group headquartered in San Francisco, has issued a preliminary warning that Google’s new desktop software version 3.0 poses a serious risk to consumer privacy.
EFF Backs Google in Perfect 10 Lawsuit
The Electronic Frontier Foundation took sides recently in Perfect 10’s legal pursuit of Google, claiming that the company’s recent filing for a preliminary injunction against Google Image Search would deprive the average web surfer of a valuable online resource if the search function is disabled.
EFF Files Amicus in Computer Privacy Case
In support of a computer owner whose hard drive contents were handed over to authorities by a Gateway technician during a routine maintenance job, the Electronic Frontier Foundation filed a friend-of-the-court brief in support of Robert Westbrook crying foul over a violation of constitutionally protected privacy rights.
Ruling to Impact Acacia Case, EFF Attorney Says
In a decision of particular interest to online adult companies, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled earlier this week that courts should look to the language in the patent itself rather than turn first to dictionaries to determine the meaning of patent claims.
EFF: Grokster Loss Could Cripple Open Source
An unfavorable outcome in the Grokster file-sharing case could have disastrous repercussions for developers using free and open software platforms, the legal director of the Electronic Freedom Foundation said.
EFF Releases Log-Locating Privacy Tool
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has released new system administration software designed to search out and find logs that include information about website visitors or email senders.
EFF Files PATRIOT Act FOIA Requests
The Electronic Frontier Foundation filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the FBI and several Department of Justice agencies on Friday, hoping to discover whether the USA PATRIOT Act is being used to monitor the reading habits of Internet users.
EFF Backs Justice Department Against Cyber-Snooping
In a rare move, the Electronic Frontier Foundation is backing the Justice Department in a court case. EFF attorney Kevin Bankston told XBiz that this case is of “central importance to the future of all Internet users’ privacy.”
EFF Targets Frivolous Patents
The Electronic Frontier Foundation took aim Wednesday at a cluster of what it believes are questionable patents, including adult industry foe Acacia Media Technologies. "Crimes against the public domain, willful ignorance of prior art, and egregious display of obviousness," are all words the San Francisco-based civil liberties organization is using.
EFF Injected With New Funding to Bust Patents
Attempting to put the brakes on patents that are overly broad, the Electronic Frontier Foundation said it will ramp up efforts to have the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office re-examine some patents. Meanwhile, a patent case against adult webmasters continues next week in U.S. District Court.
EFF Launches Patent Busting Campaign
Civil liberties group the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) took a stand against bad patents Monday by announcing a new campaign to keep the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) on its toes and more alert to patent submissions that have chilling effects on Internet innovation and free expression.