The US Supreme Court recently released a landmark ruling in Carpenter vs. United States, which held that law enforcement authorities must secure a warrant in order to access citizens’ cell-site … Read more
Today, in a 5-to-4 vote, the Supreme Court held that the government must get a warrant to obtain records of where someone’s cell phone has been. This might seem obvious, … Read more
Mozilla is deeply concerned by news reports that India’s first data protection law may include data localization requirements. Recent leaks suggest that the Justice Srikrishna Committee, the group charged by … Read more
Mozilla is thrilled to see the Supreme Court of India’s decision declaring that the Right to Privacy is guaranteed by the Indian Constitution. Mozilla fights for privacy around the world … Read more
This opinion piece by Mozilla Executive Chairwoman Mitchell Baker and Mozilla community member Ankit Gadgil first appeared in the Business Standard. Imagine your government required you to consent to ubiquitous … Read more
A new U.S. Presidential Administration takes office today. While there are many serious issues to tackle and many hard-fought debates to commence, no matter what your political views are, I … Read more
This week, the U.S. Senate passed the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA), a bill intended to promote the sharing of cybersecurity threat information. Mozilla joined the major tech companies and … Read more
Tomorrow (Friday) the German legislature (the Bundestag) is set to vote on a mandatory data retention law that would require telecommunications and internet service providers to store the location data, … Read more
Today, the U.S. Senate voted to approve the USA FREEDOM Act. We will digest the news fully over the next few days but in the meantime would like to share … Read more
The USA FREEDOM Act was born out of the shocking revelations of overbroad government surveillance that began two years ago. In its short life (it was first introduced in 2013) … Read more
UPDATE: The House passed the USA FREEDOM Act today 338-88. The following statement can be attributed to Mozilla Head of Public Policy Chris Riley: “Mozilla is pleased to see the … Read more
Mozilla is deeply concerned with last week’s overwhelming approval by the French National Assembly of the Projet de Loi Relatif au Renseignement, which intends to restructure the legal framework for … Read more