Ellen Nakashima reports: Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper on Thursday evening announced that from now on the government will release the total number of surveillance orders issued each year to telecom providers in national security investigations. They include the number of targeted persons affected by these classified orders, Clapper said in a news release….
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Facebook report: 74 countries sought data on 38,000 users
Hayley Tsukayama reports: Facebook fielded requests from 74 countries for data on at least 38,000 users in the first half of 2013, the company said in its first report detailing the scale and scope of data requests it receives from governments around the world. The report, released Tuesday, covers every request the company has received…
ACLU to Court: Government Spying Invades Privacy of Each and Every American
Alex Abdo writes: Last night, we filed the opening brief in our lawsuit challenging the NSA’s ongoing collection of the call records of virtually everyone in the United States, including the ACLU’s. We’re asking the court for a preliminary injunction ordering the government to stop collecting our data and to bar any use of the ACLU call records it…
How A Scammy Male Enhancement Company Set An Important Precedent For Online Privacy
The Business Insider has an excerpt from Nate Anderson’s new book, “The Internet Police: How Crime Went Online, and the Cops Followed by Nate Anderson.” The excerpt deals with an important case in online privacy law – the case of Steven Warshak. Read the excerpt on BusinessInsider.