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14 Jul 2023, 4:00 am
This morning I will be testifying before the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance on “Fixing FISA. [read post]
19 Nov 2007, 12:55 am
Privacy at Risk: The New Government Surveillance and the Fourth Amendment by Christopher Slobogin Hardcover: 274 pages Publisher: University Of Chicago Press (October 29, 2007) ISBN-10: 0226762831 ISBN-13: 978-0226762838 Description: Without our consent and often without our knowledge, the government... [read post]
8 Aug 2012, 8:57 pm
In the latest and perhaps last chapter of the Al-Haramain case, the Ninth Circuit ruled that the government did not unequivocally waive sovereign immunity through the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act civil liability provision, ending the plaintiffs' case challenging the government's... [read post]
1 Aug 2019, 1:13 pm
Cisco Systems is being forced to pay $8.6 million to settle a “False Claims Act” whistleblower lawsuit alleging that it sold video surveillance technology that it knew had a significant security flaw to federal, state and local government agencies. [read post]
6 Aug 2007, 4:28 am
[JURIST] Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe [BBC profile] has signed off on the controversial Interception of Communications Bill [PDF text], which establishes a government communications surveillance agency and authorizes the government to intercept communications across the telephone, the Internet, and other electronic communication devices. [read post]
31 Mar 2010, 6:25 pm
Cal.) today denied the government's motion for summary judgment based on its claim that the state secrets privilege prevented plaintiff al-Haramain Islamic Foundation from showing that the government's terrorist surveillance program (TSP) violated the Foreign Intelligence... [read post]
20 May 2015, 8:24 am
Recent disclosures of the secret legal rules governing a variety of government programs — from electronic surveillance to targeted killing — have demonstrated that secret law... [read post]
14 Sep 2006, 4:10 am
DIGITAL RIGHTS IRELAND CHALLENGES MASS SURVEILLANCE LAWS Irish civil rights group Digital Rights Ireland (DRI) has started a High Court action against the Irish Government challenging new European and Irish laws requiring mass surveillance. [read post]
16 Mar 2015, 4:53 pm
The notable findings in this survey fall into two broad categories: 1) the ways people have personally responded in light of their awareness of the government surveillance programs and 2) their views about the way the programs are run and the people who should be targeted by government surveillance. [read post]
1 May 2014, 1:25 pm
Debate Over Mass Surveillance Hampered by Undisclosed FISA Court DecisionsSan Francisco - In a continuing campaign to uncover the government's secret interpretations of the surveillance laws underlying the National Security Agency (NSA)'s spying programs, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today filed another lawsuit against the Department of Justice, demanding that the government hand over key Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court… [read post]
3 Dec 2009, 7:30 am
 Is the government restrained by any privacy considerations in how it uses social networking for surveillance purposes? [read post]
30 Apr 2013, 10:33 am
Although that dynamic is a downside of surveillance for the government, it is even worse for citizens. [read post]
11 Sep 2019, 4:48 pm
We are pleased that the Senate has listened to the growing number of voices who oppose the way government agencies use face surveillance. [read post]
28 Jul 2014, 1:57 pm
" The report, which is chock full of evidence about the very real harms caused by the NSA's surveillance programs, is the result of interviews of 92 lawyers and journalists, plus several senior government officials. [read post]
27 May 2019, 9:01 pm
An government-commissioned study has come back with eight recommendations to improve food safety surveillance in the United Kingdom. [read post]
5 Jun 2014, 12:28 am
The principles emphasize the human rights obligations of governments engaged in communications surveillance. [read post]
23 Oct 2015, 11:13 am
” This event sheds light on the interest of Latin American governments to acquire more intrusive surveillance technologies. [read post]
11 Jul 2013, 10:18 am
The American non-profit investigative journalism website Pro Publica has created the NSA Surveillance Lawsuit Tracker that lists the "key legal challenges to [U.S.] government surveillance and secrecy" since 2006. [read post]
16 Nov 2007, 12:02 am
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives passed the RESTORE Act of 2007 ("Responsible Electronic Surveillance That is Overseen, Reviewed and Effective Act of 2007") [HR 3773 materials] by a margin of 227-187 [roll call] late Thursday without including a provision that would grant immunity to telecommunication companies [JURIST report] that aided the US government in its domestic surveillance [read post]
1 May 2016, 12:47 pm
Via ZDNet: “A secret court that oversees the US government’s surveillance requests accepted every warrant that was submitted last year, according to new figures. [read post]
