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10 Feb 2009, 2:38 am
“The fundamental relationship between Government and the people of the UK is at risk because of the increasing surveillance being carried out by the state and by private bodies, a House of Lords Committee has said. [read post]
16 Nov 2013, 5:36 pm by CrimProf BlogEditor
FourthAmendment.com excerpts this article from The Atlantic: The Seattle Police Department did something amazing this week: After word got out that the department had created a citywide surveillance network without input from community members or a policy to govern the... [read post]
29 Oct 2012, 5:50 pm by constitutional lawblogger
Amnesty International, the case testing the plaintiffs' standing to challenge the government's vastly expanded surveillance authority under the FISA Amendments Act, or the FAA. [read post]
19 Sep 2008, 5:18 pm
Our goal in this new case against the government, as in our case against AT&T, is to dismantle this dragnet surveillance program as soon as possible. [read post]
11 Feb 2014, 5:55 am by aallwash
AALL believes the government has a responsibility to protect the privacy of library users and calls for effective oversight of those laws which expand surveillance on library users. [read post]
3 Jan 2021, 10:13 am by Tom Smith
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — In the early days of the pandemic, a panicked Israel began using a mass surveillance tool on its civilians, tracking people’s cellphones in hopes of stopping the spread of the coronavirus.The government touted the technology, normally used to catch wanted Palestinian militants, as a breakthrough against the virus. [read post]
8 May 2008, 1:28 pm
Via mcjoan, Hoyer is at it again: Telecom companies have presented congressional Democrats with a set of proposals on how to provide immunity to the businesses that participated in a controversial government electronic surveillance program, a House Democratic aide said Wednesday. . . . [read post]
None have been charged with any criminal or terrorist activity, and because of the excessive secrecy of the government’s surveillance laws, the government doesn’t have to explain itself. [read post]
31 Jan 2011, 10:11 am by Ronaldo Lemos
A TV show premised on nonstop surveillance might sound like fun to some people, but it is disturbing when governments engage in similar practices. [read post]
21 Sep 2014, 2:57 am by Jillian York
These intrusive tools have in the past been used by Bahraini and Ethiopian governments to spy on human rights activists. [read post]
7 Mar 2023, 4:17 pm by Matthew Guariglia
On its face, Section 702 allows the government to conduct surveillance inside the United States so long as the surveillance is directed at foreigners currently located outside the United States. [read post]
21 May 2020, 12:15 pm by Matthew Guariglia
   Litigation is one tool EFF has used to fight back against invasive surveillance at the border and the government secrecy that hides it. [read post]
But, in a century where governments have conspired to weaken privacy protections online, and have chosen to diminish the illegality and immorality of ubiquitous surveillance, its specter will only grow in power and importance. [read post]
13 May 2014, 2:14 pm by Andrew Crocker and Hanni Fakhoury
The government continues to withhold the details of the FAA surveillance, forcing Mohamud (and other defendants receiving delayed FAA notice) to raise generalized challenges to the constitutionality of the FAA based only on what is publicly known about Section 702 surveillance. [read post]
2 Apr 2021, 1:03 pm by Patrick Toomey
These surveillance tools allow the government to access Americans’ international emails and phone calls on a vast scale. [read post]
The White House released a joint statement Friday announcing a partnership with Australia, Denmark, and Norway to try to curb the use of technologies by authoritarian governments that use the products for repression and surveillance. [read post]
10 Oct 2016, 7:00 am by Katitza Rodriguez
We explained how surveillance technologies work and how governments must apply international human rights standards to their laws and practices in order to appropriately limit those legal powers. [read post]
15 Sep 2020, 7:19 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
“The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in collaboration with agencies throughout the federal government, are initiating the National Wastewater Surveillance System (NWSS) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. [read post]
28 May 2014, 1:46 pm by David Greene and Katitza Rodriguez
  This set of principles was intended to guide governments in understanding how new surveillance technologies eat away at fundamental freedoms, and outlined how communications surveillance can be conducted consistent with human rights obligations. [read post]