The European Parliament has been making its presence felt today. As well as reopening democratic debate around a controversial digital copyright reform proposal by voting against it being fast-tracked, MEPs have adopted a resolution calling for the suspension of the EU-US Privacy Shield. The parliamentarians’ view is that the data transfer mechanism does not provide […]
View More EU parliament calls for Privacy Shield to be pulled until US compliesCategory: mass surveillance
AT&T collaborates on NSA spying through a web of secretive buildings in the U.S.
A new report from the Intercept sheds light on the NSA’s close relationship with communications provider AT&T. The Intercept identified eight facilities across the U.S. that function as hubs for AT&T’s efforts to collaborate with the intelligence agency. The site first identified one potential hub of this kind in 2017 in lower Manhattan. The report […]
View More AT&T collaborates on NSA spying through a web of secretive buildings in the U.S.UK surveillance regime dealt another blow in court
The UK government has suffered yet another defeat in the courts over a surveillance regime that critics have dubbed a ‘Snooper’s charter’. Today the UK High Court agreed with several aspects of digital and civil rights group Liberty’s crowdfunded legal challenge to a portion of the UK’s 2016 Investigatory Powers Act that gives the state […]
View More UK surveillance regime dealt another blow in courtPrivacy Shield now facing questions via legal challenge to Facebook data flows
The Irish High Court has referred for a second time a legal challenge to Facebook’s EU-US data transfers to Europe’s top court, seeking a preliminary ruling on a series of fundamental questions pertaining to the clash between US mass surveillance law and EU citizens’ fundamental privacy rights. The sustainability of the EU-US Privacy Shield mechanism […]
View More Privacy Shield now facing questions via legal challenge to Facebook data flowsUK keeps up its legal losing streak over mass surveillance
Yet another defeat in the courts for the UK government’s use of mass surveillance as an indiscriminate and, as it frequently turns out, unlawful investigatory tool. Read More
Facebook’s least favorite Austrian can now press privacy suit in Vienna
A big blow for Facebook today after Europe’s top court delivered a verdict in a long-running legal challenge that opens the door for plaintiff and privacy campaigner, Max Schrems, to sue Facebook in his home city of Vienna. Read More
Why you should care about the warrantless surveillance bill on its way to Trump’s desk
After debate ended in a close cloture vote on Tuesday, the Senate has voted to pass a bill that will renew one of the NSA’s most controversial practices for another six years. The bill, known as the FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017 or S.139, provides for an extension of the U.S. government’s practice of collecting the private communications of American citizens when they… Read More
In a close vote, the Senate ends debate on warrantless surveillance of U.S. citizens
On Tuesday, the Senate undertook a cloture vote to end debate on a bill that would renew a controversial legal loophole that provides U.S. intelligence agencies with a means for the warrantless surveillance of American citizens. With 60 for and 3…
View More In a close vote, the Senate ends debate on warrantless surveillance of U.S. citizensThe House just renewed a warrantless surveillance law without any privacy reform
Today in Congress, privacy reform faced a significant setback as the House voted 256 to 164 to extend a controversial piece of legislation that provides for a warrantless surveillance program that at times targets American citizens. The law, part…
View More The House just renewed a warrantless surveillance law without any privacy reformEven if Section 702 expires, White House says warrantless surveillance is fine for a while
The fight over a critical loophole in U.S. surveillance law may not be resolved in Congress before the year ends, but the Trump administration appears to have no qualms about keeping it open, even if the law expires. The law, known as Section 702…
View More Even if Section 702 expires, White House says warrantless surveillance is fine for a whileUK bulk spying challenge in European Court of Human Rights
Legal representatives of the UK government faced a raft of questions today from judges sitting in the European Court of Human Rights hearing a challenge to intelligence agencies’ bulk collection practices brought by a coalition of civil and human rights campaigners. Read More