Europe’s human rights court handed a partial victory Thursday to civil rights groups that challenged the legality of mass surveillance practices exposed by American whistleblower Edward Snowden.
Read moreThe stakes couldn’t be higher for the American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee and the City of Memphis. On Monday, lawyers for the two sides began what is expected to be a four-day bench trial over whether the city violated a 1978 consent decree promising that it would not collect political intelligence on its citizens.
Read moreLithuanian authorities are “strongly” urging consumers, especially public servants, not to install the app of a popular Russian taxi-booking service because it may unlawfully be collecting user data.
Read morePresident Donald Trump says he’ll demand that the Justice Department review whether it or the FBI infiltrated his presidential campaign for political purposes and whether any demands or requests came from the Obama administration.
Read moreA federal judge called ex-Fox News host Andrea Tantaros’ allegations that the network spied on her “vague, speculative, and conclusory,” throwing out the lawsuit on Friday.
Read morePresident Donald Trump lent credence Thursday to reports that FBI informants had infiltrated his presidential campaign, saying that “if so, this is bigger than Watergate!”
Read moreCameras at Walmart self-checkout counters illegally collect personal information, including eye and hair colors and facial features, in violation of the Song-Beverly Act, a class action claims in San Diego Superior Court.
Read moreIn a case of “sidewalk rage” from — where else? Midtown Manhattan — the Second Circuit affirmed that video surveillance showed a woman lied when she told police that a man assaulted her as they walked on a busy sidewalk.
Read moreYears after the New York City Police Department targeted them for surveillance, New Jersey Muslims reached a long-awaited settlement Thursday that awards them thousands of dollars in damages and input toward reform efforts.
Read moreJust like the CIA, the New York City Police Department can now “neither confirm nor deny” the existence of documents, thanks to a ruling Thursday from the state’s highest court.
Read moreIn a federal class action, Mutulu Shakur, stepfather of the late Tupac Shakur, claims he is eligible for mandatory parole for a conviction related to the FBI’s Cointelpro snooping, but the Bureau of Prisons and U.S. Parole Commission refused to grant it, calling a 28-year-old positive drug test and four phone-related infractions during 30 years imprisonment “frequent” violations.
Read moreDozens of women who used a bathroom where a janitor had installed spy cams do not have to identify their images to prove their privacy was violated, a New Jersey appeals court ruled.
Read moreWith the release of school camera footage recorded during last month’s mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the media secured an early victory in a battle to maintain access to records surrounding the attack.
Read morePresident Donald Trump declassified details about the October 2016 order by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to surveil Carter Page so that he could publicize the memo from the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. On Wednesday, The New York Times and reporter Charlie Savage claimed in a federal complaint that the Justice Department has taken too long to respond to its request for related records.
Read moreThe Broward County Sheriff’s Office is wrongly refusing to release surveillance video from the Parkland, Florida school shooting, three media companies claim in court.
Read moreA federal judge has opened the door for the public to access certain sealed government documents related to surveillance in closed criminal cases.
Read moreNew York’s highest court seemed unlikely Tuesday to make the NYPD face a records demand about a controversial Muslim surveillance program.
Read moreThe Ninth Circuit on Thursday overturned a ruling ordering the FBI to release thousands of files on its surveillance of Muslim communities in the United States.
Read moreA technology company selling vibrators uses a mobile application to spy on its customers in their most intimate moments, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court in Northern California on Wednesday.
Read moreWith President Donald Trump vowing to release a classified memo about the FBI that the bureau has called inaccurate, policy analysts said the divisive move is unlikely to promote transparency
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