Category: Business

The San Francisco Police Department is the latest California law enforcement agency to get caught sharing automated license plate reader (ALPR) data with out-of-state and federal agencies. EFF and the ACLU of Northern California are calling them out for this direct violation of California law, which has put every driver in the city at risk […]

This posted was drafted by EFF legal intern Alexandra Halbeck The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which covers California and most of the Western U.S., just delivered good news for digital privacy: abandoning a phone doesn’t abandon your Fourth Amendment rights in the phone’s contents. In United States v. Hunt, the court made […]

A new UN health agency report also shows that in Europe in 2023, six in 10 medics trained outside the region, while the number is even higher for nurses. In light of these findings – and the fact that many western and northern European countries are becoming “heavily dependent” on these foreign workers – the WHO is […]

The Australian government has announced an $8 billion investment to establish a dedicated nuclear submarine shipyard, marking a significant step in its long-term defense strategy under the AUKUS security partnership with the United States and the United Kingdom. The facility, to be built in South Australia, will support the construction and maintenance of nuclear-powered submarines […]

British supermarket chain Sainsbury’s has entered discussions with Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com regarding the potential sale of Argos, its general merchandise subsidiary. Sainsbury’s acquired Argos in 2016 for £1.1 billion ($1.5 billion) as part of a strategy to expand its non-food retail offering. The talks signal a possible shift in Sainsbury’s business focus amid evolving […]

The California legislature has passed a necessary piece of legislation, S.B. 524, which starts to regulate police reports written by generative AI. Now, it’s up to us to make sure Governor Newsom will sign the bill.  We must make our voices heard. These technologies obscure certain records and drafts from public disclosure. Vendors have invested […]

BY JENNIFER PINSOF | September 15, 2025 This is the first installment in a blog series documenting EFF’s findings from the Stop Censoring Abortion campaign. You can read additional posts here.  We’ve been hearing that social media platforms are censoring abortion-related content, even when no law requires them to do so. Now, we’ve got the receipts.  For months, EFF […]

President Donald Trump suggested Monday that U.S. companies should consider moving from quarterly to semiannual earnings reporting. In a post on Truth Social, Trump argued the change would reduce costs and allow executives to concentrate more on long-term business strategy. The proposal, which Trump noted would require approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), […]

BRUSSELS, 12 September 2025 — The European Union has approved 102 new marine product processing units from India for export, further strengthening trade ties between the two regions. The approval expands the total number of Indian units authorized to supply seafood and related products to the EU market. The decision reflects continued confidence in India’s […]

Advent International has agreed to sell Prague-based generic pharmaceutical company Zentiva to U.S. private equity firm GTCR for €4.1 billion ($4.8 billion), making it the largest private equity healthcare exit in Europe this year. The transaction follows a competitive bidding process and significantly boosts the region’s healthcare exit value for 2025 to €23.7 billion—already exceeding […]