Issues: Access to Data
We fight to ensure that Fourth and Ninth amendments translate to the digital world.
This is a crucial time for courts and legislators to establish principles pertaining to government access to data. Courts are now laying the foundation for the Fourth Amendment (search and seizure) to apply to a digital environment with recent decisions such as the Supreme Court’s ruling to impose limits on how cell phone data can be accessed in law enforcement investigations. Meanwhile, current laws such as the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) allow for warrantless access to data.
Government information collection is important for matters such as national security and criminal investigations; but for consumers and society it’s important that government access to data follows due process requirements, has a real positive impact on law enforcement activities, and does not undermine consumer confidence in the privacy of data.
Recent Updates On Access to Data
Access To Data, Cross Border Data Flows, Privacy, US Policy
Southern District of New York, Stored Communications Act, US District Court
i2Coalition Signs on to Amicus Brief in Appeal of a Decision Forcing Microsoft to Turn Over Data in Ireland
The Internet Infrastructure Coalition (i2Coalition) signed on to an amicus brief arguing that the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York failed to properly analyze the extraterritorial application of the Stored Communications Act.
Access To Data, Privacy, US Policy
National Security Agency, NSA
i2Coalition Statement on USA Freedom Act failing to proceed for debate on the Senate floor
Internet Infrastructure Coalition (i2Coaliton) Co-Founder and Board Chair Christian Dawson released the following statement on the USA Freedom Act failing to proceed for debate on the Senate floor: “After spending more than five hours debating on the Keystone XL Pipeline, the U.S. Senate spent less than 20 minutes debating the USA Freedom Act, an issue […]
Access To Data, Privacy, US Policy
National Security Agency, NSA
Support the USA Freedom Act Today!
i2Coalition members: We are down to the wire on USA FREEDOM Act. Please pass the message below – or something similar – through your social media outlets! Twitter The time to act is now! Senate expected to vote on USA FREEDOM Act TODAY. Contact your Senator through CEA’s form: http://p2a.co/hrnGJuH Facebook and longer form The time […]
Access To Data, Privacy, US Policy
USA Freedom Act
i2Coalition Statement on USA Freedom Act
Internet Infrastructure Coalition (i2Coaliton) Co-Founder and Board Chair Christian Dawson released the following statement as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid prepares next week to bring the USA Freedom Act to a vote on the Senate floor: “The USA Freedom Act strikes the right balance between privacy and safety, and the i2Coalition is pleased to see […]
Access To Data, Privacy, US Policy
ECPA, ECPA Amendments Act, Electronic Communications Privacy Act, Email Privacy Act, National Security Agency, NSA
Tick Tock: The Time for Electronic Privacy Reform is Now
Long before emails and cloud servers, ECPA was written and is still in place today without having been updated.
Access To Data, Cybersecurity, Member Spotlight, Privacy, The Internet Infrastructure Industry, US Policy
area 1 security, National Security Agency, NSA
Area 1 Security Joins i2Coalition
The following is a guest post by Oren Falkowitz, CEO of Area 1 Security about joining the i2Coalition. Every aspect of our lives, businesses, and governments has come to rely on the Internet. As the global communications infrastructure responsible for connecting people to the information and resources they need, when they need it, the Internet was designed […]