Google, Facebook, Yahoo oppose expansion of FBI surveillance powers
Google, Facebook, Yahoo and various rights groups expressed opposition Monday to legislation that extends categories of Internet records that the government can collect without court approval through the National Security Letters . These expanded powers...
EU launches antitrust probe into Google relationship with Android developers
Margrethe Vestagar , the Commissioner of Competition for the EU, on Wednesday opened a probe into the international business practices of Google concerning the tech giant's relationship with other Android developers. Vestagar stated that Google's practice...
The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts (ACLUM) filed a motion on Tuesday to request that the federal court unseal any docket sheets associated with a government request to unlock an iPhone in Massachusetts. The ACLUM...
A Moscow arbitration court on Monday rejected an appeal by Google , upholding a ruling that the US-based company broke anti-monopoly laws by abusing its dominant position within the cellular application industry. Russian Internet company Yandex...
Apple filed objections Tuesday in the US District Court for the Central District of California against an order requiring the corporation to aid the Department of Justice (DOJ) and FBI in...
Apple filed a brief in the US District Court for the Central District of California Thursday in opposition of the US government's request for the company to unlock the iPhone of San Bernardino shooter...
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...
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...
The European Commission on Tuesday reached an agreement on data protection regulations concerning how digital information is to be collected and managed across the EU. The EU Data Protection Reform was initiated in 2012...
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed a personal privacy violation complaint on Tuesday with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) against Google . The complaint outlines that the default "sync" setting of Chromebooks [product...
