Category: Business

British car production has fallen to its lowest level in over 40 years, reflecting deepening challenges within the automotive industry. A combination of factors, including a slump in domestic and international demand, as well as hurdles in the transition to electric vehicles (EVs), has hindered the country’s manufacturing output. According to recent data, UK car […]

EFF supporters get that strong encryption is tied to one of our most basic rights: the right to have a private conversation. In the digital world, privacy is impossible without strong encryption.  That’s why we’ve always got an eye out for attacks on encryption. This year, we pushed back—successfully—against anti-encryption laws proposed in the U.S., […]

BNP Paribas has announced a significant move in the asset management sector, agreeing to acquire AXA Investment Managers for €5.1 billion (approximately $5.3 billion). The acquisition, which will be one of the largest mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions in the global asset management industry in 2024, marks a pivotal moment for both companies. The two […]

EFF’s attorneys, activists, and technologists were media rockstars in 2024, informing the public about important issues that affect privacy, free speech, and innovation for people around the world.  Perhaps the single most exciting media hit for EFF in 2024 was “Secrets in Your Data,” the NOVA PBS documentary episode exploring “what happens to all the […]

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has failed to address six out of six main privacy protections for three of its border surveillance programs—surveillance towers, aerostats, and unattended ground sensors—according to a new assessment by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). In the report, GAO compared the policies for these technologies against six of the key […]

It’s critical that copyright be balanced with limitations that support users’ rights, and perhaps no limitation is more important than fair use. Critics, humorists, artists, and activists all must have rights to re-use and re-purpose source material, even when it’s copyrighted.  Yesterday, EFF weighed in on another case that could shape the future of our […]

A federal appeals court just gave software developers, and users, an early holiday present, holding that software updates aren’t necessarily “derivative,” for purposes of copyright law, just because they are designed to interoperate the software they update. This sounds kind of obscure, so let’s cut through the legalese. Lots of developers build software designed to interoperate […]

Students at the University of Maine’s Graduate School of Business are gaining hands-on experience in financial management, as the Student Portfolio Investment Fund (SPIF) surpasses $5 million in assets under management (AUM). This achievement marks a significant milestone in the students’ real-world training, where they actively manage an equity portfolio, make investment decisions, and analyze […]

This post is part two in a series of posts about EFF’s work in Europe. Read about how and why we work in Europe here.  EFF’s mission is to ensure that technology supports freedom, justice, and innovation for all people of the world. While our work has taken us to far corners of the globe, in […]

On December 19, 2024, the Teamsters Union initiated what it is calling the “largest strike against Amazon in U.S. history,” a protest aimed at addressing the company’s refusal to engage in contract negotiations with its unionized warehouse and delivery workers. The strike, which began early Thursday morning, is gaining momentum with participation from workers across […]