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, Privacy, US Policy
ECPA, Electronic Communications Privacy Act, LEADS Act
i2Coalition Supports LEADS Act
ECPA reform has long been a legislative priority for i2Coalition, and we support the LEADS Act and applaud Senators Hatch, Coons and Heller for making reforms of this nature a priority.
Access To Data, Privacy, US Policy
Digital Due Process, ECPA
i2Coalition Signs Digital Due Process ECPA Letter
Today, the Internet Infrastructure Coalition (i2Coalition) joined other groups in signing a letter to members of Congress urging passing this year of a clean ECPA reform bill. In addition to i2Coalition, the signatories of the letter include other trade associations, think tanks, major Internet and communications companies and others. i2Coalition Co-Founder and Board Chair Christian […]
Access To Data, Encryption, Privacy, The Internet Infrastructure Industry, US Policy
National Security Agency, NSA
SXSW Panel Picker: On Your Mark, Get Set, Vote!
SXSW Interactive is set for March 2015 in Austin, Texas and the i2Coalition will be there promoting Internet freedom! Every year thousands of enthusiasts from around the globe flock to the capitol of the Lone Star State for the great music, Tex-Mex cuisine, and to experience the latest technologies. The i2Coalition has been actively engaged […]
Access To Data, Member Spotlight, Privacy, US Policy
Media Venture Partners, National Security Agency, NSA
Media Venture Partners Joins i2Coalition
The following is a guest post from Media Venture Partners about joining the i2Coalition. Media Venture Partners (“MVP”) provides investment banking advisory services for companies of all sizes and stages – from bootstrapped entrepreneurs to established corporations in the Internet infrastructure, telecom, towers and media sectors. By immersing ourselves in our target industries, we can […]
Access To Data, Privacy, US Policy
National Security Agency, NSA
Data privacy isn’t political — it’s personal
The following is a guest post by Ben Young of member company Peer 1 Hosting and was published on Gigaom. In the post-Snowden world, the location and security of data is not just a political issue, it’s a personal issue. Customer concerns over data privacy are having a drastic and unprecedented impact on how internet […]
Access To Data, Cybersecurity, Privacy, US Policy
National Security Agency, NSA
Surveillance Costs: The NSA’s Impact on the Economy, Internet Freedom, and Cybersecurity
As a new version of the USA FREEDOM Act surveillance reform bill is expected to be introduced in the Senate this week, the debate about the National Security Agency’s surveillance programs still tends toward a simplistic focus on striking the right balance between national security and individual privacy. But a new 60-page report released today […]