The National Security Agency and its British counterpart, the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), have been intercepting in-flight mobile...
German BfV deals with NSA
Internal documents show that Germany’s domestic intelligence agency, the BfV, received the coveted software program XKeyscore from the NSA –...
NSA fight isn’t over yet
Just a week after Congress passed the USA Freedom Act to overhaul the NSA’s phone records program, the House approved a measure Thursday to...
Tech companies win on NSA reform vote
The NSA won’t be collecting your phone records anymore after its authority to do so under the Patriot Act expired on June 1. It’s likely...
NSA to shut down phone surveillance
The National Security Agency (NSA) has begun the process of winding down its controversial bulk collection of U.S. phone records after the Senate...
US Republicans introduce bill to extend surveillance elements of the US Patriot Act
The US Republican party has introduced a new bill in the US Senate that looks set to trigger a fresh wave of concern about NSA surveillance and...
NSA wins key ruling in Internet spying lawsuit
The Electronic Frontier Foundation sustained a notable blow in one of its oldest ongoing surveillance-related lawsuits—its motion for partial...
PRISM scandal threatens EU-US ‘Safe Harbour’ agreement
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) could be tempted to invalidate “Safe Harbour” agreements on data retention between the United...