U.S.-Canada Integrated Cybersecurity Agenda
Dana Gabriel, Contributor Activist Post As part of the Beyond the Border initiative, the U.S. and Canada are strengthening cybersecurity cooperation. In a move that…
Privacy
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Aviation industry leaders call on FAA to focus on ‘safety rather than privacy issues’ surrounding drones
Logos of groups behind letter to FAA – End The Lie Madison Ruppert, Contributor Activist Post In a letter penned on November 8, 2012, the…
Data mining firms admit to legislators that personal info is collected from social networks then sold
Madison Ruppert, Contributor Activist Post The data mining industry is booming with no signs of slowing down thanks to increasing integration with other systems like…
ICE Releases Documents Detailing Electronic Surveillance Problems . . . and then Demands Them Back a Year Later
Jennifer Lynch EFF This is a first for us in all of EFF’s history of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) litigation—Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE)…
Federal judge blocks FBI’s attempts to hold back information on troubling surveillance program
Madison Ruppert, Contributor Activist Post In a somewhat surprising move, U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg refused to allow the government to continue their drive to…
How the FISA Amendments Act Allows for Warrantless Wiretapping, As Described By Supreme Court Justices
Trevor Timm EFF On Monday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Clapper v. Amnesty, an important case that will decide if the ACLU’s challenge…
TSA Removes X-Ray Body Scanners From Major Airports
Dees Illustration Michael Gabrell ProPublica The Transportation Security Administration has been quietly removing its X-ray body scanners from major airports over the last few weeks…
Highest Court in the European Union To Rule On Biometrics Privacy
Katitza Rodriguez EFF Courts are investigating the legality of a European Union regulation requiring biometric passports in Europe. Last month, the Dutch Council of State…
The End of Privacy Rights
We The People There was a time when we the people could expect privacy in our homes, in our conversations, in our everyday lives. As…
Intensified Warrantless Spying in America
Stephen Lendman, Conributor Activist Post Newly released ACLU Justice Department documents and Kurt Eichenwald‘s just-published book titled 500 Days: Secrets and Lies in the Terror…
Canada-EU Trade Agreement Replicates ACTA’s Notorious Copyright Provisions
Source: La Quadrature du Net Carolina Rossini EFF The shadow of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is back in Europe. It is disguised as CETA,…
Political Profiling of a “constitutionalist” turns simple domestic call into SWAT raid
Dees Illustration J.G. Vibes Activist Post A farming family in Letha, Idaho recently had their house raided and were assaulted by police after a neighbor…
An Inside Look at the NYPD’s Stop-and-Frisk Policy
The Nation A secret audio recording of a stop-and-frisk in action sheds unprecedented light on a practice that has put the city’s young people of…