Lifting the Cloak of Secrecy From NYPD Surveillance Technology
For too long, the New York Police Department has secretly deployed cutting-edge spy tech, without notice to the public. Many […]
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Police super-database prompts Liberty warning on privacy
A new super-database being built for the UK police represents a “grave” risk to privacy, a leading human rights group […]
UK intelligence agencies illegally spied on Privacy International
UK intelligence agencies MI5, MI6 and GCHQ violated the law by collecting and examining data of human rights group Privacy […]
Can Europe’s GDPR Save the Internet?
In an world increasingly driven by the ability of private companies and governments to collect vast amounts of personal data […]
Skripal Case Shows the Limits of Surveillance
The U.K.’s ubiquitous surveillance cameras have clearly played an important role in the attribution of the attempted poisoning of an […]
China is building a digital dictatorship to exert control over its citizens
What may sound like a dystopian vision of the future is already happening in China. And it’s making and breaking […]
Browsers aim to thwart tracking
New protections in Apple’s Safari and Mozilla’s Firefox browsers aim to prevent companies from turning “cookie” data files used to […]
GCHQ data collection regime violated human rights, court rules
UK’s spy agency GCHQ’s methods for bulk interception of online communications violated privacy and failed to provide sufficient surveillance safeguards, […]
Firefox’s New Browser Will Keep Brands From Stalking You
Future versions of Firefox will block third-party tracking codes, and trackers that take too long to load, by default. Users […]
Faces as data: A guide to video surveillance and the GDPR
With personal data and its protection, we usually think about names, addresses, phone numbers birthdates etc. first, then other sensitive […]
Schools are using AI to track their students
Any US school that receives federal funding is required to have an internet-safety policy. As school-issued tablets and Chromebook laptops […]
Thousands Of Stores Will Soon Use Facial Recognition
Facial recognition cameras are scanning faces at hundreds of retail stores to catch shoplifters before they steal. But everyday shoppers […]