So concludes the California Supreme Court (by a 4-3 vote), applying the California Constitution; it remands for further fact-finding on the law's practical costs and benefits.
A new paper raises constitutional questions about expansive state-level regulations that reach beyond their borders.
In the middle of a scandal over FISA surveillance, leaders want still more power to snoop on your secret stuff.
The greatest threat to protections for our freedom may be people's fear that people who disagree with them are exercising their rights.
Sharyn Rothstein's sharp new play is a smart and timely look at how to balance free speech and privacy in a wired age.
Was what happened with Carter Page an anomaly or does the agency regularly leave out important information?
Nunes attacked those who wanted to restrain NSA’s snooping. Clearly he never considered whether his call records would be exposed.
Plus: "Right to be forgotten" follies, research on direct cash aid, Elizabeth Warren on sex work, and more...
The legislation would require warrants for extended surveillance, but look at what it explicitly OKs.
Plus: Uber and Los Angeles transit regulators go to war over user data, young adult novelists cancel critic, and ex-ambassador testifies in impeachment hearings.
Fourth Amendment protections against warrantless searches are reduced when entering the country, but they’re not completely erased.
The bureau has a long history of escaping accountability for intrusive and abusive action.
Twitter CEO's connection to Bitcoin-friendly tools suggests more commitment to privacy than Facebook's Libra proposal.
The Los Angeles Department of Transportation's data-sharing requirements for dockless mobility companies have been criticized for invading users' privacy and violating state law.
WhatsApp (and owner Facebook) sues to protect users from malicious surveillance from officials.
Plus: Court says scraping social media profiles is not hacking, and more...
Defining terms is tricky, particularly when governments with bad track records on privacy want to call the shots.
The encryption limits that the Justice Department demands in the name of security would make all of us less secure.
Are parents liable for defamation by their minor children?
Years after surveillance reforms, federal personnel can’t seem to comply with the Fourth Amendment.
Should participation in an election hinge on a voter's identity being made public? Of course not.
Encryption, other privacy measures, and decentralization have made the protest movement possible.
Plus: Parents sue Illinois child services, Pennsylvania mulls liquor-store weed sales, Giuliani consorts with Manafort, and more...
When online privacy faces off against portability
America's most famous whistleblower calls for restricting the power of government.
Everybody’s going after Google and Facebook. But how do you prove they’re harming consumers?
New Mexico will apparently now be the only state in which spouses may generally testify about confidential statements made during the marriage.
What’s at stake in Kansas v. Glover.
The program would try to develop a surveillance system based on predictive tests that don't exist.
Feds go fishing for private data in order to track down illegal exporters.
The Federal Trade Commission's settlement with YouTube will cripple online video functionality.
You may be surprised how many different companies know whenever you use your credit card.
The FBI is looking for companies to comb through social media posts and pinpoint possible threats ahead of time. Think of it like a meme-illiterate Facebook-stalking precog from Minority Report.
You can literally wear your principles on your sleeve while baffling facial recognition technology.
It’s time for SCOTUS to revisit the "border search exception" to the Fourth Amendment.
Quiet fishing expeditions are being used to sort through potential suspects.
Only three states require police to obtain a warrant before requesting private user data from companies.
Plus: Marijuana banking, suing Facebook, and more...
While expressing concern for free speech and privacy, lawmakers are seriously threatening both.
In order to fight crime, Americans must...make their data more susceptible to hacking?
But they would prefer to be able to snoop on civilians who use the encrypted chat app.
And will the end result encourage companies to try to keep cybersecurity breaches secret?
If there’s one thing government types can agree on, it’s that nobody should be allowed to buy and sell stuff without permission.
State DMVs are building a vast national digital identification database for federal law enforcement.
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