A group that defends civil liberties on the Internet has filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to determine if the government is secretly gathering information on the surfing habits of citizens. In a copy of the FOIA obtained by TechNewsWorld, the San Francisco-based Electronic Freedom Foundation (EFF) said, “Although Internet users reasonably expect that their online reading habits are private, the DOJ will not confirm whether it collects or believes itself authorized to collect URLs using pen-trap devices.”
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Internet Group Demands Surveillance Data from DOJ
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. January 18, 2005 07:30 AMA group that defends civil liberties on the Internet has filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to determine if the government is secretly gathering information on the surfing habits of citizens. In a copy of the FOIA obtained by TechNewsWorld, the San Francisco-based Electronic Freedom Foundation (EFF) said, “Although Internet users reasonably expect that their online reading habits are private, the DOJ will not confirm whether it collects or believes itself authorized to collect URLs using pen-trap devices.”