#Privacy Rights

Articles (14)

• 🇺🇸 Your Push Notifications Aren’t Safe From the FBI — 11/04/2026 [USA]

  Plus: Iran’s internet blackout hits the 1,000-hour mark, cryptocurrency scams result in a record amount of money stolen from Americans, and more.

  Related: #Digital Surveillance, #Cybersecurity, #Internet Governance
• 🇺🇸 Don’t fall for Trump’s lies — FISA 702 endangers your privacy — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  Congress must pass real reforms and protections to FISA 702 before it expires on April 20, including a warrant requirement to ensure Americans' Fourth Amendment rights are protected.

  Related: #Surveillance, #Government Reform
• 🇺🇸 Congress can finally close a mass surveillance loophole — but will they? — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  A warrantless wiretapping authority that has facilitated surveillance for decades is up for renewal in Congress. Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), last reauthorized in 2...

  Related: #Government Surveillance, #Legislative Action
• 🇺🇸 Judge tosses another Trump lawsuit seeking voter information from states — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  A federal judge on Thursday rejected the Justice Department's attempt to get a look at Massachusetts' voter lists, complete with identifying information, saying the government didn't give a valid reas...

  Related: #Election Law, #Federal vs. State Authority
• 🇺🇸 ICE officers are taking DNA samples from protesters they've arrested — 19/03/2026 [USA]

  Immigration agents took DNA samples from observers and protesters they detained during the Minnesota ICE surge, NPR has found, raising questions about how the government uses that personal data.

  Related: #Government Surveillance
• 🇺🇸 The FBI is buying Americans’ location data — 18/03/2026 [USA]

  FBI director Kash Patel admitted that the agency is buying location data that can be used to track people's movements. Unlike information obtained from cell phone providers, this data can be accessed ...

  Related: #Government Surveillance
• 🇺🇸 US Lawmakers Move to Kill the FBI’s Warrantless Wiretap Access — 12/03/2026 [USA]

  A bipartisan bill would force the FBI to get a warrant to read Americans’ messages and ban the federal purchase of commercial data on US residents ahead of a critical April deadline.

  Related: #Surveillance Reform
• 🇺🇸 DHS Ousts CBP Privacy Officers Who Questioned ‘Illegal’ Orders — 10/03/2026 [USA]

  Department of Homeland Security leaders removed top privacy officers who objected to mislabeling government records to block their public release, WIRED has learned.

  Related: #Government Accountability
• 🇬🇧 Alleged Bondi gunman seeks order to suppress family's identity — 09/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  Naveed Akram is seeking to prevent media publishing details about his mother, sister and brother.

  Related: #Legal Proceedings
• 🇬🇧 Alleged Bondi terror attack gunman Naveed Akram seeks order suppressing identity and address of family members — 09/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Lawyer for 24-year-old asks for identifying details of mother and siblings to be kept secret for their ‘mental and physical safety’</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news...

  Related: #Legal Proceedings
• 🇺🇸 Justin Timberlake’s Attorneys Temporary Block Release of Drunk Driving Arrest Footage — 05/03/2026 [USA]

  Justin Timberlake’s legal team bought some time in his suit against Sag Harbor Village Police Department to block the release of body camera footage from his 2024 DWI arrest. Suffolk County Judge Jose...

  Related: #Legal Proceedings, #Public Records
• 🇺🇸 OpenAI Amends A.I. Deal With the Pentagon — 03/03/2026 [USA]

  The new pact includes additional protections to prevent the use of the company’s technology for mass surveillance of Americans.

  Related: #AI Ethics, #National Security
• 🇺🇸 How ICE Is Pushing Tech Companies to Identify Protesters — 14/02/2026 [USA]

  The DHS is flooding social media companies with administrative subpoenas to identify accounts that are protesting ICE. Social media companies have pushed back but are largely complying. Our tech repor...

  Related: #Government Surveillance, #Immigration Enforcement
• 🇺🇸 David Furnish and Sir Elton John 'profoundly affected' by Mail targeting, court told — 05/02/2026 [USA]

  The couple are among seven people suing the publisher of The Daily Mail and The Mail on Sunday for breaches of privacy.

  Related: #Legal Justice, #Media Ethics