Faced with criticism from lawmakers and civil rights groups, the U.S. Department of Justice has begun a review of the secretive use of cellphone surveillance technology that mimics cellphone towers, and will get more open on its use, according to a newspaper report.
John Ribeiro | 04 May | Read more
RadioShack will press on with its plan to sell its customer data, despite opposition from a number of U.S. states.
John Ribeiro | 14 Apr | Read more
The U.S. started keeping from 1992 records of international phone calls made by Americans, under a joint program of the Department of Justice and the Drug Enforcement Administration, according to a newspaper report.
John Ribeiro | 08 Apr | Read more
Although it started off as a smartphone app to connect passengers with drivers, Uber Technologies is encountering the same real-world security issues as the taxi industry, includng the need for driver background checks and local regulatory compliance.
John Ribeiro | 03 Apr | Read more
The dispute between U.S. states and RadioShack over the sale of customer information continues, and the state of Texas has requested a bankruptcy court to ask RadioShack to specify in any motion for sale what information would be included and the number of people likely to be affected.
John Ribeiro | 02 Apr | Read more
Salesforce.com has acquired Toopher, the developer of a mobile two-factor authentication app that uses location-awareness.
John Ribeiro | 02 Apr | Read more
The Human Rights Council of the United Nations has voted in favor of a resolution backed by Germany and Brazil to appoint an independent watchdog or 'special rapporteur' to monitor privacy rights in the digital age.
John Ribeiro | 27 Mar | Read more
Several state consumer protection agencies in the U.S. have joined the state of Texas in objecting in bankruptcy court to the proposed sale by RadioShack of personal information of its customers.
John Ribeiro | 26 Mar | Read more
Publicly accessible websites and services of U.S. government agencies will have to move to HTTPS encryption within two years to meet the government's objective that these sites and Web services should be offered over a secure connection.
John Ribeiro | 18 Mar | Read more
A U.S. secret court has extended until June 1 the controversial bulk collection of private phone records of Americans by the National Security Agency.
John Ribeiro | 02 Mar | Read more
A documentary on whistleblower Edward Snowden won the Oscar for the best documentary feature, in a shot in the arm for people worldwide protesting against alleged U.S. intrusions into the privacy of people in the country and abroad.
John Ribeiro | 23 Feb | Read more
Google has opposed moves by the U.S. Department of Justice to extend the warrant issuing authority of magistrate judges to searches of computers in districts other than their own.
John Ribeiro | 19 Feb | Read more
U.S. Senator Al Franken is probing into the privacy policies of LG and Samsung Electronics for the voice recognition technologies they use in their Smart TVs.
John Ribeiro | 12 Feb | Read more
Attorneys general of ten U.S. states have pulled up health insurer Anthem for not quickly communicating directly with people affected by a hack of its IT system.
John Ribeiro | 11 Feb | Read more
Legislation that aims to put a stop to warrantless reading of emails got a fillip Wednesday with bills introduced both in the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives to amend the Electronic Communications Privacy Act.
John Ribeiro | 05 Feb | Read more