Germany’s equivalent to the NSA is able to spy on some German citizens thanks to a loophole in the country’s laws, a government surveillance inquiry learned last week. According to a former… Read more »
Human rights groups including Privacy International and Amnesty International have seized on information, submitted in a tribunal case they initiated after the Snowden leaks, that contradicts previous assurances given by the… Read more »
Privacy International has failed in an attempt to get the OECD to censure multinational telecoms firms that reportedly helped UK spy agency GCHQ engage in mass surveillance around the world. Read more »
The allegations are based on an email from early 2012, in which U.S. commerce officials say EU Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmström was concerned about new European data protection proposals and… Read more »
A Friday report in Vedomosti suggested that, on 22 September, President Putin will meet with the country’s security council to discuss the possibility of cutting out the foreign internet in times… Read more »
Sunday reports in Swiss media have cited a confidential opinion by the country’s attorney general that NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden should not be sent home to the U.S., if he visits… Read more »
The European Parliament has passed the EU’s first major overhaul of data protection legislation since 1995, taking into account today’s online landscape. Meanwhile, parliamentarians also approved a resolution calling for the… Read more »
The NSA whistleblower has given extensive evidence to an inquiry into the surveillance of European citizens, describing what he calls a “bazaar” of EU intelligence agencies allowing the U.S. to spy… Read more »
Just how accountable is the U.K.’s GCHQ spy agency, which has tapped the world’s communications infrastructure, hacked activists and snooped on webcam chats? Every time it’s challenged, GCHQ says it submits… Read more »