British Transport Police (BTP) is to expand its trial of Live Facial Recognition (LFR) technology by deploying it in Transport for London (TfL) Underground stations.

Along with federal law enforcement agencies, private companies are now surveilling opponents of Big Tech.

I requested a copy of my data from McDonald's loyalty program and received an extensive, personalized report that algorithmically predicts my next purchase.

A coalition of community residents, local politicians, and grassroots organisers are pushing back.

More eyes on you.

The SEC bought access to worldwide airline ticketing records. Airlines including Delta, United, and American sold the data.

Just when you thought the UK's online censorship law couldn't get any worse...

Police departments across the country are lining up to launch drone-as-first-responder (DFR) programs, and hundreds have cleared a necessary hurdle toward making deployment a reality, expanding aerial surveillance and data collection even in areas patro...

A former Apple engineer alleges he was fired after refusing AT&T requests for device identifiers without customer releases. Apple denies wrongdoing.

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The topics of the seemingly inadvertently exposed chats ranged from erotica to programming chats to work notes to fake book reviews.

Attorneys are looking into whether Meta violated non-Facebook users' privacy by secretly collecting their data from telehealth companies' websites and compiling it into so-called shadow profiles. Learn more.

The proposal comes amid growing national debate over automated license plate readers, which have expanded rapidly across the U.S.

An investigation by several media outlets, including EL PAÍS, reveals that Frontex provided the European police agency with indiscriminate information on thousands of people, gathered from covert interrogations of new arrivals in Europe

A top NATO commander said recently there was no real European alternative.

A new report from the Government Accounting Office reveals that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plans to nearly triple the number of surveillance towers along U.S. borders, from the current 830 to 2,300 by 2034.DHS expects to expend $1 billion...

Selfie video gives you more options if you’re ever locked out or don’t have access to your usual phone or computer.

The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that publishers and VPN providers aren't liable for copyright infringement

“He read my entire Social Security number and my date of birth back to me. That was the moment I knew my identity had been stolen.”

Google owes its existence to the open web, but today, its technological “innovations” have much to do with locking users into a “walled garden.” The latest of these is “reCAPTCHA Mobile Verification,” an experimental initiative that will let companies b...

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TikTok is growing its data harvesting empire, and avoiding the app won't protect you – but some easy steps can keep you safe.

The NCA says there is a growing threat of children's images being used to create child abuse material.

Henrico County is a major hub for data centers in Virginia. Its officials said it expects a 25% rise in electricity costs next year, and advised workers to close the blinds and turn off their computers to make up for it.

Cleveland's Flock Safety cameras kept recording after a 3-1 council vote killed the $250,000 contract, raising questions about who controls city surveillance.

Von der Leyen is expected to use her annual State of the Union speech to unveil plans for EU-wide age restrictions on social media