Rohit Chopra, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), has reportedly expressed concerns about the potential risks posed by payment systems that enable excessive surveillance and...
In a surprise win for privacy advocates, the European Court of Justice has ruled companies will face restrictions on storing information about European Union (EU)...
The government of India has the legal right to monitor and decrypt digital information on citizens’ devices, TechCrunch reported Tuesday (Nov. 19). In a written...
Big Brother will keep an eye on Chinese businesses as the government’s social credit system compiles data on the country’s 1.4 billion people, The New...
China is racing to become the first country to implement a pervasive system of algorithmic surveillance, igniting fears that the government will control its citizens’...
To offer “surveillance as a service,” Amazon earned a U.S. patent for an “unmanned aerial vehicle.” It was granted on June 4 after its filing...
Two lawmakers want to pass an amendment that aims to stop a massive data collection program run by the National Security Agency (NSA). The bipartisan...
In an environment where lawmakers and civil liberties groups are scrutinizing facial recognition software, Amazon is facing pressure from shareholders: Investors will reportedly vote on...
Officials in San Francisco voted Tuesday (May 14) to ban the use of facial recognition technology by city workers in an 8 to 1 vote....