Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is a group of people (lawyers, technologists, volunteers, and visionaries) who share a passionate commitment to defending digital information, innovation, and technology from attempts by government and business to restrict freedom of expression. Current key issues include censorship, copyright law, digital rights management, DMCA, e-voting, file sharing, privacy, RFID, spam, and the USA Patriot Act.

For more information, visit www.eff.org.

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Electronic Frontier Foundation

Overview of Electronic Frontier Foundation in relation to cyber crime: [1]Now headquartered in San Francisco, California, the EFF also has offices in Toronto, Canada, Brussels, Belgium, and Washington, D.C. Drawing on the skills of public policy experts, attorneys, computer and technology experts, as well as others, the Foundation works through the courts and also provides outreach to policy makers, the press, and the general public on related technology issues.

Resources

Notes and References

1. By Eric Walter

See Also

• Types of Cybercrime
• Cybercriminal

Further Reading

Eggen, D. (2007, August 14). Lawsuits may illuminate methods of spy program. Washington Post Web page: (internet link) washingtonpost.com/wp -dyn/content/article/2007/08/13/AR2007081301113.html; Electronic Frontier Foundation. (2007). Web site: (internet link) eff.org/; Davidson, P. (2006, May 12). ”Climate has changed” for data privacy. USA Today Web site: (internet link) usatoday.com/money/ companies/2006-05-11-biz-privacy-usat_x.htm; Steve Jackson Games, Inc. v. United States Secret Service, 36 F.3d 457 (1994); Sterling, B. (1992). The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier. New York: Bantam.