Category: Business

The text of the following statement was released by the Government of the United States of America and the European Commission. On July 18, Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Jose W. Fernandez and Deputy Director-General for Trade Leopoldo Rubinacci hosted the first high-level MSP Forum event. Ministers and high-level […]

The amount of data modern cars collect is a serious privacy concern for all of us. But in an abusive situation, tracking can be a nightmare. As a New York Times article outlined, modern cars are often connected to apps that show a user a wide range of information about a vehicle, including real-time location […]

The U.S. patent system is broken, particularly when it comes to software patents. At EFF, we’ve been fighting hard for changes that make the system more sensible. Last month, we got a big victory when we defeated a set of rules that would have mangled one of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)’s most […]

The Houthis in Yemen continue to receive vast revenues from the illicit shipment of Iranian commodities.  This funding stream enables the Houthis’ ongoing attacks against commercial shipping in the Red Sea and surrounding waterways.  Today, the United States is sanctioning an additional two individuals and five entities, as well as identifying five vessels as blocked […]

We haven’t seen the end of invasive geofence warrants just yet, despite Google’s big announcement late last year that it was fundamentally changing how it collects location data. Today, EFF is filing an amicus brief in the Minnesota Supreme Court in State v. Contreras-Sanchez, involving a warrant that directed Google to turn over an entire […]

With the final negotiating session to approve the UN Cybercrime Treaty just days away, EFF and 21 international civil society organizations today urgently called on delegates from EU states and the European Commission to push back on the draft convention’s many flaws, which include an excessively broad scope that will grant intrusive surveillance powers without robust […]

The U.S. Department of State and Department of Energy, in coordination with Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Energy, held the 2024 U.S.-Kazakhstan Strategic Energy Dialogue on July 18 in Astana.  The dialogue deepened cooperation on our shared priorities of enhancing energy security, accelerating the clean energy transition and methane mitigation, and developing […]

The internet provides people space to build communities, shed light on injustices, and acquire vital knowledge that might not otherwise be available. And for LGBTQ+ individuals, digital spaces enable people that are not yet out to engage with their gender and sexual orientation. In the age of so much passive surveillance, it can feel daunting […]

This post was written by EFF legal intern Danya Hajjaji.  Corporations should not be able to collect data from a state’s residents while evading the jurisdiction of that state’s courts, EFF and the UC Berkeley Center for Consumer Law and Economic Justice explained in a friend-of-the-court brief to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.  The […]

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will deliver opening remarks at the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity (“Americas Partnership”) ministerial plenary meeting on July 17, 2024, at 10:30 a.m. ET at the Department of State. The plenary meeting will include foreign ministers from the 12 Americas Partnership countries – the United States, Barbados, Canada, Chile, […]