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, Encryption, Internet Safety, Privacy, US Policy
Data Foundry and the i2Coalition Submitted Comments to the FCC to Fight for Open Access
The following is a post by i2Coalition founding member company Data Foundry and originally was posted on the company’s blog. Data Foundry is proud member of the i2Coalition whose mission is to support “those who build the nuts and bolts of the Internet”. We are proud to have played a key role, along with other […]
Access To Data, Privacy, US Policy
ECPA, Electronic Communications Privacy Act, Supreme Court, U.S. Supreme Court
i2Coalition Statement on Supreme Court Ruling Against Police Cell Phone Searches Without a Warrant
Washington, D.C. – Internet Infrastructure Coalition (i2Coalition) Co-Founder and Public Policy Chair David Snead released the following statement today on the Supreme Court ruling that police may not search the cell phones of criminal suspects upon arrest without a warrant: “The Supreme Court ruled unanimously today that police can’t search cell phones of criminal suspects […]
Access To Data, Privacy, US Policy
ECPA, Electronic Communications Privacy Act
New Allies Join ECPA Reform Efforts
Reforming the outdated Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) is one of our top policy priorities. The i2Coalition and allies in our industry and in Washington have worked for continuous change. Fortunately, we are now one step closer to needed reform. The Yoder-Polis Email Privacy Act, legislation currently in play to update the antiquated law, recently […]
Access To Data, Internet Governance, Privacy, US Policy
DOTCOM Act, IANA, IANA Transition, ICANN, National Security Agency, NSA
DOTCOM Act Could Slow IANA Transition Process
The House Energy & Commerce Committee’s vote to recommend the DOTCOM Act to the full House for approval has the potential of slowing the transition of the IANA function to the global multistakeholder community. The i2Coalition believes that this transition, if given the opportunity to be handled properly by the multistakeholder community unencumbered by U.S. […]
Access To Data, Privacy, US Policy
ECPA, Electronic Communications Privacy Act
i2Coalition Statement on White House “Big Data” Report
Washington, DC – Internet Infrastructure Coalition (i2Coaliton) Co-Founder and Board Chair Christian Dawson released the following statement on the release of the White House report “Big Data: Seizing Opportunities, Preserving Values,” which included a recommendation for updating ECPA: “Updating the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) has long been a priority for i2Coalition, and we are […]
Access To Data, Patent Reform, Privacy, US Policy
National Security Agency, NSA
i2Coalition Signs Big Tent Coalition Letter to Congress on Patent Reform
Washington, DC – The Internet Infrastructure Coalition (i2Coalition) today joined with nearly 400 other members of the Big Tent Coalition to send a letter to Senate Judiciary Chairman Leahy and Ranking Member Grassley in support of a strong patent bill. The full text of the letter, which will also be sent to the rest of […]