PogoWasRight.org

Menu
  • About
  • Privacy
Menu

KARMA POLICE: GCHQ spooks spied on every web user ever

Posted on September 25, 2015June 26, 2025 by Dissent

Alexander J. Martin reports:

New documents revealing GCHQ’s mass-surveillance activities have detailed an operation codenamed KARMA POLICE, which slurped up the details of “every visible user on the Internet”.

The operation was launched in 2009, without Parliamentary consultation or public scrutiny, to record the browsing habits of “every visible user on the Internet” without the agency obtaining legal permission to do so, according to documents published by The Intercept.

Read more on The Register.

Related posts:

  • Fandango, Credit Karma Settle FTC Charges that They Deceived Consumers By Failing to Securely Transmit Sensitive Personal Information
Category: Featured NewsNon-U.S.Surveillance

Post navigation

← WY: Student Digital Information Privacy Proposal Moves Forward
11 year olds charged with invasion of privacy for nude photo, police say →

Search

Contact Me

Email: info[at]pogowasright.org
Security Issue: security[at]pogowasright.org
Mastodon: Infosec.Exchange/@PogoWasRight
Signal: +1 516-776-7756
DMCA Concern: dmca[at]pogowasright.org

Research Report of Note

A report by EPIC.org:

State Attorneys General & Privacy: Enforcement Trends, 2020-2024

Categories

Recent Posts

  • Modern cars are spying on you. Here’s what you can do about it.
  • Attorney General James and Multistate Coalition Secure $5.1 Million from Education Software Company for Failing to Protect Students’ Data       
  • EU Parliament committee votes to advance controversial Europol data sharing proposal
  • DHS offers “disturbing new excuses” to seize kids’ biometric data, expert says
  • California Adds Injunctive Relief to its Right of Publicity Statute and Extends Liability to Digital Replicas
  • DHS Gives Local Cops a Facial Recognition App To Find Immigrants
  • Phone location data of top EU officials for sale, report finds

RSS Recent Posts at DataBreaches.net

  • Fourth Circuit Weighs in on Standing in Data Breach Class Actions
  • ALT5 Sigma sues former consultant over alleged data breach
  • Is your cyberinsurance paid up? Are you sure?
  • Everest Group Interview on Collins Aerospace Breach — Daily Dark Web
  • Breaking Up With Edtech Is Hard to Do
©2025 PogoWasRight.org. All rights reserved.