Barton Gellman, Julie Tate, and Ashkan Soltani report: Ordinary Internet users, American and non-American alike, far outnumber legally targeted foreigners in the communications intercepted by the National Security Agency from U.S. digital networks, according to a four-month investigation by The Washington Post. Nine of 10 account holders found in a large cache of intercepted conversations, which…
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ISPs take GCHQ to court in UK over mass surveillance
Owen Bowcott reports: Internet service providers from around the world are lodging formal complaints against the UK government’s monitoring service, GCHQ, alleging that it uses “malicious software” to break into their networks. The claims from seven organisations based in six countries – the UK, Netherlands, US, South Korea, Germany and Zimbabwe – will add to…
Senators question US surveillance transparency report
Grant Gross reports: A recent report from the U.S. intelligence director that provides the number of surveillance targets in 2013 is not specific enough to provide the transparency the nation’s residents need, two senators said Monday. The transparency report, issued Thursday by the Office of Director of National Intelligence, doesn’t reveal the specific number of people…
Federal Trade Commission 2014 Privacy and Data Security Update
From the FTC: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) is an independent U.S. law enforcement agency charged with protecting consumers and enhancing competition across broad sectors of the economy. The FTC’s primary legal authority comes from the Federal Trade Commission Act, which prohibits unfair or deceptive practices in the marketplace. The FTC also has…