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New Witness Panel Tells Congress How to Protect Consumer Data Privacy Yesterday’s Senate Commerce Committee hearing on consumer data privacy was a welcome improvement. The last time the Committee convened around this topic, all of the witnesses were industry and corporate representatives . This time, we were happy to see witnesses from consumer advocacy groups and the European Union, who argued for robust consumer privacy laws on this side of the Atlantic. The Dangers of Rolling Back State Privacy Protections Last time, the panel of industry witnesses (Amazon, Apple, AT&T, Charter, Google, and Twitter) all testified in favor of a federal law to preempt state data privacy laws, such as California’s new Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). Today was different. Chairman Thune kicked off the hearing by reminding the Committee of the importance of hearing from independent stakeholders and experts. We were also glad to hear Chairman Thune say that industry self-regulation is not enough ...

Eight AT&T Buildings and Ten Years of Litigation: Shining a Light on NSA Surveillance Two reporters recently identified eight AT&T locations in the United States—towering, multi-story buildings—where NSA surveillance occurs on the backbone of the Internet. Their article showed how the agency taps into cables, routers, and switches that handle vast quantities of Internet traffic around the world. Published by The Intercept , the report shines a light on the NSA’s expansive Internet surveillance network housed inside these sometimes-opaque buildings. EFF has been shining its own light on NSA Internet surveillance for years with our landmark case, Jewel v. NSA . In more than 10 years of litigation, we’ve made significant strides. We’ve had our case dismissed but we fought the decision and it was reversed on appeal. We’ve overcome multiple delays. We’ve forced the NSA to produce evidence about whether our plaintiffs were harmed by mass, warrantless surveillance. And earlier t...