US Supreme Court weighs Microsoft privacy fight over data stored overseas
A major privacy rights fight between Microsoft and the Justice Department reaches the Supreme Court this week. The nine justices […]
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French DPA takes pragmatic approach to GDPR enforcement
The French data protection authority (‘CNIL’) published, on 19 February 2018, a press release outlining its approach in terms of […]
US Attorney General Sessions Announces New Cybersecurity Task Force
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has ordered the creation of the Justice Department’s Cyber-Digital Task Force, which will canvass the many […]
UN Privacy Rapporteur releases Draft Legal Instrument on Government-led Surveillance and Privacy
On 10 January 2018 the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy, Joseph Cannataci, released the Draft Legal […]
Digital rights groups call for government to back away from encryption crackdown
Australian digital rights organisations have called for the data retention scheme to be suspended and for the government to back […]
After Apple’s fight with FBI, two groups say they can solve the encryption battle
The EastWest Institute has produced a report encouraging governments to allow encryption while creating legal frameworks for law enforcement to […]
Law Enforcement Use of Face Recognition Systems Threatens Civil Liberties
Independent Oversight, Privacy Protections Are Needed San Francisco, California—Face recognition—fast becoming law enforcement’s surveillance tool of choice—is being implemented with […]
Commission lobbies for police access to website owners list
The European Commission has suggested that law enforcement authorities could soon have restricted access to the WHOIS database that identifies […]
Tech Giants Back U.S. Bill Governing Cross-Border Data Searches
Microsoft Corp., Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Apple Inc. have thrown their support behind proposals in Congress to deal with cross-border […]
The Risks of “Responsible Encryption”
Federal law enforcement officials in the United States have recently renewed their periodic demands for legislation to regulate encryption. While […]
Supreme Court To Hear Arguments In Microsoft Email Privacy Case In February
The Supreme Court will hear arguments on February 27 in United States vs. Microsoft, a case that could decide whether […]
Microsoft case worries Australian privacy advocates
Australian privacy advocates are concerned about a case that could see data held by American companies seized anywhere in the […]