- Every year, the Electronic Frontier Foundation releases its “Who Has Your Back” report card, detailing the privacy policies of tech companies. Here’s the rundown of who fights for your privacy in the face of government requests for your data—and who doesn’t even bother. We entrust our most sensitive, private, and important information to technology companies like Google, Facebook, and Verizon. Collectively, these companies are privy to the conversations, photos, social connections, and location data of almost everyone online. The choices these companies make affect the privacy of every one of their users. So which companies stand with their users, embracing transparency around government data requests? Which companies have resisted improper government demands by fighting for user privacy in the courts and on Capitol Hill? In short, which companies have your back?
Full Report: https://www.eff.org/files/2014/05/15/who-has-your-back-2014-govt-data-requests.pdf
Source: https://www.eff.org/who-has-your-back-government-data-requests-2014
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