This bill making its way through Congress would allow law enforcement to more easily uncover location data for cell phones from mobile carriers in an emergency.

There is “a glimmer of light” despite the Senate’s move to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, says the ACLU.

The U.S. House of Representatives voted to renew U.S. spy provisions, extending the powers of the NSA to collect internet communications for another six years.

The U.S. Customs and Border Patrol announced new restrictions on when agents can copy data from digital devices at border crossing points.

EFF is dismayed by the cavalier attitude by law enforcement over warrantless searches of trillions of phone records and its refusal to turn over documents.

Opponents of the controversial Rule 41 say they are committed to fighting the government’s expanded powers.

Open Whisper Systems, the group behind Signal, was served with a subpoena earlier this year but was unable to produce most of the data it was asked for.

A House Committee report slammed the former U.S. defense contractor saying he has done “tremendous damage” to the United States national security.

Edward Snowden took his case to the media Wednesday arguing a presidential pardon would be important step in preserving democracy and his only hope in returning to the United States. He argued that under the current Espionage Act, future whistleblowers would be less inclined to come forward to expose government abuses of power. “Today whistleblowing...

Microsoft’s lawsuit against the U.S. government for the right to tell its customers when a federal agency is looking at their emails is getting widespread support by privacy advocates. For many, Microsoft’s stance lends an important and powerful voice to ongoing efforts to reform the Electronic Communications Privacy Act that is at the heart of...