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) applies 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.

Want to work with us on Access To Data issues? Join the i2Coalition and our Public Policy Working Group.

Recent Updates On Access To Data

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i2C March/April 2019 Legislative Update

We’re anticipating activity on privacy, intermediary liability, Facebook, and other topics impacting the online community in March and April.

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i2Coalition Statement on USMCA

The i2Coalition welcomes the digital chapter in the USMCA. Read a statement from David Snead, i2Coalition co-founder and policy working group chair.

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i2Coalition January/February 2019 Legislative Update

Legislative business was held up at the beginning of 2019 with border wall discussions & negotiations to reopen the government, but there were significant outcomes including the re-organization of House and Senate committees and a handful of confirmation hearings in the Senate, including the hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee for U.S. Attorney General nominee William Barr.

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What is the Internet’s infrastructure? [Video]

The Internet is central to our contemporary lives, and yet it defies simple explanation. This explainer video gives a bird’s eye view of the Internet and how infrastructure is what essentially connects us all.

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