The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today released a handy graphic that lets you know which of the world's leading technology companies are protecting your data from government data delivery requests. Like most technical problems, the issue is not simple.
However, EFF's list lists five points in an effort to educate consumers about companies sharing their data.
The monitoring points examined by EFF were:
The company follows best practices across the industry: It issues the Authority's requests, requires a warrant before disclosing the content of users to the government and publishes a transparency report.
Informs users about government requests: Companies that are committed to providing their customers with information about pending data delivery requests.
Promises not to sell user data: Definitions vary, but usually revolve around data usage, from websites for surveillance purposes.
Companies that disputed NSL orders before applying.
When companies are under NSA online surveillance.
The list below is by no means comprehensive, but it does include most of the tech companies you use regularly - 26 in total.
Adobe, the dropbox and others scored top marks Results while companies such as Comcast and AT&T they are very insecure as you would expect.
Each of the points mentioned above comes from a larger exposure, 'Who Has Your Back? 2017: Protecting Your Data From Government Requests,' , which you can see from here (PDF).
EFF Who Has Your Back?
Government Data Requests 2017
Follows industry-wide best practices |
Tells users about government data requests |
Promises not to sell out users |
Stands up to NSL gag orders |
Pro-user public policy: Reform 702 |
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See earlier Who Has Your Back? reports: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016.