surveillance

The Guardian And GCHQ Named Internet Heroes And Villains At 2014 ISPA Awards

Hyperoptic, Sky and Plusnet all receive gongs as the 16th annual ISPA Awards for the Internet industry

10 years ago

Emergency Surveillance Rules Being Rushed Into UK Law

Government wants network operators to continue storing metadata, despite EU court ruling

10 years ago

ISPs From Around The World File Legal Complaint Against GCHQ

Seven communications providers say the British intelligence agency is damaging their business

11 years ago

European Citizens Right To Sue US Over Data Privacy

President Obama aims to allow European citizens to sue the United States over the misuse of their personal data

11 years ago

Poll: TechWeek Readers Rate Switzerland And Germany For Privacy

Germany and Switzerland impress our readers with their privacy laws - but a lot of people vote for "other"

11 years ago

Apple, Cisco Back Microsoft Data Request Challenge

Major companies are lending their support to a Microsoft court challenge to the US government's request for email data stored…

11 years ago

Microsoft Wants ‘Unfinished Business’ On Surveillance Reform Sorted

Microsoft's Brad Smith outlines five changes the company wants to see from the US government to rein in surveillance

11 years ago

NSA Gathers Email Images For Facial Recognition

The NSA has reportedly stockpiled a huge database of 'facial recognition quality' images from intercepted Internet communications to help build…

11 years ago

China Responds To Hacking Allegations With More Hacking Allegations

“You run the NSA, and you have the nerve to accuse us of spying?”

11 years ago

Chinese Authorities Order Physical Checks Of Government Computers

Chinese engineers will begin inspecting computer hardware used in government offices to ensure it can keep sensitive data safe

11 years ago

German Government Contract Winners Will Have To Denounce The NSA

Participants in public sector procurement will have to promise not to cooperate with foreign intelligence agencies

11 years ago

Cisco’s Chambers Writes To Obama Over NSA Spying

Cisco chief executive John Chambers has written to the US president expressing his concerns over alleged NSA interceptions of US…

11 years ago

Our Individual Data: The Overlooked Casualty In The European Elections

Think about data privacy issues when you cast your vote next week, urges Rafael Laguna, CEO of Open Xchange

11 years ago

UK Charity Files Complaint Against GCHQ, Alleges Human Rights Violations

According to Privacy International, GCHQ’s intrusive malware operations violate articles 8 and 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights

11 years ago

Glenn Greenwald: NSA Intercepted And Backdoored Servers

Journalist's book to reveal more details of NSA's efforts to spy on the Internet

11 years ago

Emails Reveal Google’s Close Working Relationship With NSA

NSA coordinated meetings with Google and other tech titans on mobile security

11 years ago

Snowden: NSA Targeted Human Rights Groups

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch concerned about Snowden claims

11 years ago

US Criticises European Anti-Spying Internet Proposals

The US Trade Representative has said European anti-spying plans could bring the EU into conflict with international trade laws

11 years ago

Since The NSA Scandal, Where Do You Store Data?

Now we know the US government's NSA is looking at public cloud services, do you prefer dedicated hardware?

11 years ago

Russian Officials Dropping iPads Following Concerns Of US Spying

Government figures in Russia are switching from iPads to Samsung tablets to 'ensure tighter security'

11 years ago

Government Requests For Google User Data Up 120 Percent In Four Years

Googles latest Transparency Report reveals a steep rise in government requests for data

11 years ago

Obama To Propose NSA Stops Storing Phone Records

US President will make proposal to Congress following major public outcry at NSA mass surveillance

11 years ago

Google To Encrypt All Gmail Messages

Google has promised to encrypt all Gmail messages with HTTPS in order to protect messages from government surveillance

11 years ago

Snowden’s Claims Of NSA Phone Recording Stretch Credibility

Wayne Rash doubts the NSA can do everything that Edward Snowden says. And even if it is, it's only doing…

11 years ago

IBM Denies Any Links To NSA Spying Program

IBM looks to reassure its clients and customers that it has not passed on their data to external sources

11 years ago

The Next 25 Years: No Privacy But Hey… Flying Cars!

Surveillance might be good for us, programming languages could die, and cars may fly, says Nathaniel Borenstein, inventor of email…

11 years ago

Tim Berners-Lee: I Knew The Web Would Be Big

However, the inventor of the World Wide Web never thought his creation would facilitate the exchange of so many cat…

11 years ago

Internet Needs Its Own ‘Bill Of Rights’ Says Sir Tim Berners-Lee

Founder of the World Wide Web speaks on the 25th anniversary of his creation

11 years ago

Edward Snowden Welcomes Debate On Surveillance, Warns The Fight Is Not Over

We need to encrypt everything, the whistleblower tells South by Southwest festival, over a live link from Moscow

11 years ago