But the controversial phone metadata program played little role in the terror-fundraising case at issue, the long-awaited ruling says.

A guide to stingray surveillance technology, which may have been deployed at recent protests.

Thousands of companies will face restrictions on storing information about European Union residents on U.S. servers, after the bloc’s top court ruled that such transfers exposed Europeans to American government surveillance without “actionable rights” to challenge it.

At least 11 local police forces in Europe use computer vision to automatically analyze images from surveillance cameras. The risks of discrimination run high but authorities ignore them.

Can we take government officials at their word that they'll eventually abandon their new powers?

Data-analytics company Palantir Technologies Inc. is in talks to provide software to governments across Europe to battle the spread of Covid-19 and make strained health-care systems more efficient, a person familiar with the matter said.

Afin de contrôler les déplacements, de nombreux pays mettent en place des applications ou exploitent les données mobiles. Une pratique polém

Nombreux sont les gouvernements du monde entier qui utilisent déjà des mesures de surveillance high-tech dans le combat contre la pandémie de Covid-19. À Singapour par exemple, les personnes susceptibles d'avoir fait l’objet d’exposition au nouveau coronavirus (en particulier celles qui revenaient de l'étranger) ont été soumises à des périodes d'isolement à domicile de 14 jours. Les patients confirmés pour leur part ont été hospitalisés. Le contrôle du respect des périodes d’isolement prescrites...

Tracking entire populations to combat the pandemic now could open the doors to more invasive forms of government snooping later.

Governments around the world are using high-tech coronavirus surveillance measures to combat the outbreak. But are they worth it?

The federal government is in talks with Facebook, Google and other tech companies about ways to use smartphone location data to tackle the coronavirus,

Katrina Gulliver considers how we have acquiesced to losing our privacy

Tech from NEC aimed at spotting wanted persons on the streets to alert officers.

From Twitter’s spies to complete shutdowns, repressive regimes are using A.I. and VPN fingerprinting to silence their critics

It's time to shed light on the technical methods and business practices behind third-party tracking. For journalists, policy makers, and concerned consumers, this paper will demystify the fundamentals of third-party tracking, explain the scope of the problem, and suggest ways for users and legislation to fight back against the status quo.

As governments and companies invest more in security networks, hundreds of millions more surveillance cameras will be watching the world in 2021, mostly in China, according to a new report.

An interview with this specialist in human rights, technology and freedom of expression to discuss how today’s societies are advancing to the drumbeat of “digital colonialism”.

Fueled by fears of school shootings, the market has grown rapidly for technologies that monitor students through official school emails and chats