A Taiwan-born US Navy officer has been charged with espionage, attempted espionage and prostitution, media outlets reported Sunday. Investigators believe Navy Lt. Cmdr. Edward C. Lin has been passing secrets to the Chinese government. Lin was an...
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UK parliament committee: security bill does not adequately protect privacy
The Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) of the UK Parliament released a report on Monday outlining its concerns with a proposed bill that plans to expand data collection and Internet spying. The Investigatory Powers Bill...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday sent a letter to Guinea Prime Minister Mamady Youla, urging him to ensure that any government oversight on telecommunications respects individual privacy. On January 6, 2016, the Autorité de Régulation des Postes...
JURIST Guest Columnist David G. Delaney, assistant Professor at Maurer School of Law discusses historic and current cyber legislation... No one should doubt that Congress's record on cyberspace issues is dismal. The Bush and Obama administrations both bemoaned Congress's expertise...
Thousands of people in Poland on Saturday protested the government's planned changes to a certain law that would increase its surveillance over Polish citizens. The proposed change to the law, initiated by the ruling Law and Justice Party, would...
Ontario court rules police cellphone data collection violated human rights
The Ontario Superior Court on Thursday ruled that police orders requiring telecommunications companies to hand over cellphone user data breached the Canadian Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms . The orders, labeled "tower dumps," demanded [Globe and...
UN rights experts warn UK bill could threaten freedom of expression
UN human rights experts called Monday for a review of the UK's draft Investigatory Powers bill . They fear that the present draft of the bill could threaten freedom of expression and association. The bill is intended...
US tech companies express opposition to UK digital surveillance law
US-based tech companies Facebook, Twitter, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo submitted evidence on Friday of possible conflicts that may arise from the UK government's proposed Investigatory Powers Bill . Should the bill pass, tech companies would be required...
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Monday issued an order allowing the National Security Agency (NSA) to continue compiling telephone records of a California-based law firm. Last...
Federal judge rules against part of NSA phone surveillance program
A federal judge on Monday ruled against part of the National Security Agency's (NSA) surveillance program that collects domestic phone records in bulk. Judge Richard Leon of the US District Court for the District of...
