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EFF Privacy Report 2015: Which Companies Have Your Back?

On Wednesday the EFF published their yearly report called “Who Has Your Back? 2015: Protecting Your Data From Government Requests”. It answers important questions like which companies follow industry-accepted best practices, tell their users about government data demands, disclose policies on data retention or government content removal request, and oppose backdoors.

For the EFF report 24 companies are evaluated and being awarded (or not awarded, depending on the outcome) stars in the five categories mentioned above. Nine companies managed to get stars in all of them: Adobe, Apple, CREDO, Dropbox, Sonic, Wickr, Wikimedia, WordPress.com, and Yahoo.

Facebook and Twitter received four out of five stars, with Facebook “not providing transparency into ways it cooperates with the U.S. government to block content and remove accounts” and Twitter „not providing notice after an emergency has ended or a gag has been lifted”.

The worst rating with only one star went to WhatsApp who at least opposes backdoors but seems lacking in all other privacy regards. The EFF recommends WhatsApp to “publicly require a warrant before turning over user content, publish a law enforcement guide and transparency report, have a stronger policy of informing users of government requests, and disclose its data retention policies.”

Take a look at the full report to find out more.

 

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Court’s Ruling a ‘Clear Signal’ About Mass Surveillance Programs, Experts Say

The ruling last week by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals that the NSA’s years-long bulk collection of phone metadata is illegal is a “clear signal” that courts are moving in the direction of striking down some mass surveillance programs, experts say. The decision, issued Thursday, is among the first major rulings to go against […]

OFAC! An acronym that cybersecurity professionals need to know

OFAC will soon be enforcing economic and trade sanctions against individuals and groups outside the United States that use cyber attacks to threaten U.S. foreign policy, national security or economic stability.

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New Coalition Launches Fight Against Patriot Act Section 215

A broad group of civil-rights, technology and political groups from across the spectrum has developed a new initiative to advocate for the repeal of Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act, the part that provides the authority for the bulk collection of phone metadata and other information. The new group is calling itself Fight215.org and […]