Sixty representatives just called on the Senate to pass stronger surveillance reform or sunset Section 215.
Continue reading9 takeaways from our surveillance transparency panel, ‘Who Watches the Watchers’
The Advisory Committee on Transparency recently hosted an engaging discussion on surveillance transparency on Capitol Hill. Here are nine things we learned from it, from the disturbing to the fascinating.
Continue readingUSA FREEDOM Act is about to pass through the House – is it a step backwards?
The USA FREEDOM Act is about to pass through the House, and questions remain as to whether it is a step forward for transparency around domestic surveillance.
Continue readingOne critical transparency flaw in the new USA FREEDOM Act
The supposed steps forward in the new USA FREEDOM Act aren't nearly enough to justify supporting it.
Continue reading[Event] Who watches the watchers: How much surveillance transparency is enough?
Join the Advisory Committee on Transparency on May 8 for a Capitol Hill event discussing the disconnect between what the public believes the intelligence community is doing — and what it's actually doing. Plus, it's free to attend.
Continue readingSunlight Foundation joins coalition demanding an end to illegal mass surveillance
Sunlight has united with our allies at the Electronic Frontier Foundation in an effort to stop mass surveillance under the Patriot Act. Join us at Fight215.org.
Continue readingCriminal justice information sharing in Connecticut: 21st Century growing pains
Connecticut's devised a solid plan to share criminal justice data between state agencies — one that could help save the state money and hopefully prevent tragedies like the Cheshire murders.
Continue readingSharing sensitive data within government
When interagency data-sharing relationships are established, governments can produce highly useful analyses while upholding commitments to privacy.
Continue readingWhy do we trust researchers with sensitive data?
Developing a sense of trustworthiness improves the likelihood that researchers and data-holding partners will be able to develop good ways to work together.
Continue readingWhen can we legally share protected data?
As Sunlight explores the public use of microdata, we are also exploring the practical, legal and ethical challenges of working with individual-level data.
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