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Vodafone reports on law enforcement access to user data, worldwide

6 Jun 2014

Vodafone, the largest international mobile provider in the world, released today the most detailed transparency report ever.

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Vodafone reports on law enforcement access to user data, worldwide
6 Jun 2014
Vodafone reports on law enforcement access to user data, worldwide

Telecom giant Vodafone releases groundbreaking transparency report

6 Jun 2014

Vodafone, the world’s largest international mobile provider, released its “Law Enforcement Disclosure Report” today, which gives statistics on user data requests in 14 countries including Albania, Tanzania, Hungary, and other jurisdictions that have never before released this type of information.

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Telecom giant Vodafone releases groundbreaking transparency report
6 Jun 2014
Telecom giant Vodafone releases groundbreaking transparency report

Busting BÜPF: Proposed Swiss surveillance law threatens privacy, sparks protest

30 May 2014

The government of Switzerland has put forward a legislative proposal that would give the government new powers to surveil telecommunications and the internet. These amendments would unnecessarily expand the Swiss surveillance state by beefing up mandatory data retention laws and permitting the government to use spy technology for routine police purposes.

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Busting BÜPF: Proposed Swiss surveillance law threatens privacy, sparks protest
30 May 2014
Busting BÜPF: Proposed Swiss surveillance law threatens privacy, sparks protest

Thai coup threatens freedom of expression online

29 May 2014

Access and our partners are alarmed by recent political events in Thailand; less than a week after a military coup took control of civilian institutions, the country is now witnessing a crackdown on free expression online and offline.

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Thai coup threatens freedom of expression online
29 May 2014
Thai coup threatens freedom of expression online

Key date for 1dmx.org lawsuit passes without DHS response

28 May 2014

Access reiterates its call to DHS to investigate censorship of Mexican political protest website

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Key date for 1dmx.org lawsuit passes without DHS response
28 May 2014
Key date for 1dmx.org lawsuit passes without DHS response

‘NSA Gone Wild’ in the Bahamas, Mexico, Kenya, the Philippines and more

22 May 2014

Per the latest Snowden revelation, the NSA is recording all call content in at least two countries

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‘NSA Gone Wild’ in the Bahamas, Mexico, Kenya, the Philippines and more
22 May 2014
‘NSA Gone Wild’ in the Bahamas, Mexico, Kenya, the Philippines and more

Access welcomes MTN Human Rights Policy

20 May 2014

The South Africa-based telco MTN, which operates in 21 countries across the Middle East and Africa, recently released its first Group Human Rights Policy. MTN announced its support for user rights to privacy, security, communication and information, using the Access “Telco Action Plan” as a guiding policy document.

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Access welcomes MTN Human Rights Policy
20 May 2014
Access welcomes MTN Human Rights Policy

Access welcomes the first transparency report from Deutsche Telekom

9 May 2014

Deutsche Telekom discloses its 2013 requests from German law enforcement.

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Access welcomes the first transparency report from Deutsche Telekom
9 May 2014
Access welcomes the first transparency report from Deutsche Telekom

Australian Telco Telstra Releases First Transparency Report

16 Apr 2014

Last month Telstra became the first non-U.S. telco to release a regular report on government and law enforcement requests for user data.

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Australian Telco Telstra Releases First Transparency Report
16 Apr 2014
Australian Telco Telstra Releases First Transparency Report

A closer look at EU Court’s ruling and what it means for the future of data retention in Europe

11 Apr 2014

On April 8, the Court of Justice of the European Union’s (CJEU) ruled on the Data Retention Directive and invalidated this controversial European law.

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A closer look at EU Court’s ruling and what it means for the future of data retention in Europe
11 Apr 2014
A closer look at EU Court’s ruling and what it means for the future of data retention in Europe