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Vodafone answers call for greater transparency worldwide

16 Jan 2014

Today, Vodafone announced it will ask governments in 25 countries for the right to disclose the number of demands it receives for wiretapping and customer data.

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Vodafone answers call for greater transparency worldwide
16 Jan 2014
Vodafone answers call for greater transparency worldwide

Access applauds Verizon decision to break ranks in favor of transparency

20 Dec 2013

Access welcomes today’s news that Verizon Communications has broken ranks with telcos globally by announcing that it will issue a transparency report. It will be the first telco to do so. We call on all telcos to release regular, detailed transparency reports: Anything less is a failure of their human rights obligations and their investors’ expectations.

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Access applauds Verizon decision to break ranks in favor of transparency
20 Dec 2013
Access applauds Verizon decision to break ranks in favor of transparency

Human Rights Day: Advancing a concept of protected information

10 Dec 2013

Even before Edward Snowden began leaking documents detailing the scale and scope of the NSA and other intelligence agencies’ violations with our privacy, Access had been working with civil society organizations (like Privacy International and EFF), as well as international law experts, and human rights scholars to draft the International Principles on the Application of Human Rights to Communications Surveillance (“the Principles”).

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Human Rights Day: Advancing a concept of protected information
10 Dec 2013
Human Rights Day: Advancing a concept of protected information

Obama Administration continues to thwart meaningful transparency on NSA surveillance

30 Aug 2013

Coming on the heels of an announcement yesterday that the US Office of the Director of National Intelligence will start releasing a transparency report of national security-related requests for user data, the US government disappointingly will be filing a motion to block Google and Microsoft from voluntarily disclosing similar statistics in the company’s own transparency reports.

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Obama Administration continues to thwart meaningful transparency on NSA surveillance
30 Aug 2013
Obama Administration continues to thwart meaningful transparency on NSA surveillance

Facebook releases statistics casting light on government requests for user data

28 Aug 2013

Today, Facebook released its first Global Government Requests Report detailing the number of requests for user data the company receives from governments around the world.

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Facebook releases statistics casting light on government requests for user data
28 Aug 2013
Facebook releases statistics casting light on government requests for user data

We need to know: companies, civil society call for transparency on surveillance

18 Jul 2013

Access joined a broad coalition in sending a letter to US government officials calling on the government to a) ensure internet, telephone, and web-based service providers be allowed to regularly report specific data regarding intelligence information requests, and to b) establish its own transparency report with specific data on number of requests, statutes, authorities, and affected individuals.

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We need to know: companies, civil society call for transparency on surveillance
18 Jul 2013
We need to know: companies, civil society call for transparency on surveillance

Investors raise unique surveillance concerns

11 Jul 2013

Some of the world’s leading sustainable investment firms have joined the growing chorus of voices speaking out against private sector compliance in the U.S. government’s sweeping violations of human rights through its widely publicized NSA surveillance programs.

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Investors raise unique surveillance concerns
11 Jul 2013
Investors raise unique surveillance concerns

Internet companies fight US government’s surveillance silence

20 Jun 2013

As secrets about the NSA’s surveillance programs continue to command the world’s attention, some communications companies involved are advocating that the US government allow them to reveal more about their participation in the programs in order to maintain their reputations.

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Internet companies fight US government’s surveillance silence
20 Jun 2013
Internet companies fight US government’s surveillance silence

Google’s National Security Letter suit: what it confirms about due process

8 May 2013

A month after the publication of its first Transparency Report mentioning National Security Letters (NSLs), Google filed a motion before the Northern District of California to “set aside”–or in plain language, defer–this controversial form of request. Google’s action follows in the courageous legal footsteps of a handful of service providers–including the ACLU’s defense of the Calyx Institute and EFF’s successful petition on behalf of an unnamed client–raising hopes that Google’s suit may finally expose the worldwide reach of NSLs.

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Google’s National Security Letter suit: what it confirms about due process
8 May 2013
Google’s National Security Letter suit: what it confirms about due process

Google pushes back against rising removal requests

25 Apr 2013

Google released its semi-annual transparency report today, indicating an increase in government requests for content removal worldwide–although more than half came from a handful of countries.

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Google pushes back against rising removal requests
25 Apr 2013
Google pushes back against rising removal requests