Mass Surveillance

India building the world's biggest facial recognition system for mass surveillance

Human rights and technology experts in India warned of the risks to privacy from increased surveillance.

Facebook-WhatsApp case in SC: Mass surveillance possibilities can increase with creation of national decryption agency

Mass surveillance, while inherently unconstitutional on account of being a completely disproportionate invasion of privacy, is unfortunately still a possibility, until it is expressly prohibited.

MHA notification: Debate on digital surveillance must move beyond privacy and data protection laws

The answer to the never-ending streams of surveillance news lie in alternative ideas of data governance.

Google's AI charter is a good start, but it will not be enough to stave off the inevitable AI apocalypse

The objectives of the new policy state that Google’s use of AI must be socially beneficial, unbiased and safe. But Google has also left several loopholes.

US Supreme Court signals possible limits on location tracking from cell phone records, noting most Americans want to avoid "Big Brother"

The legal fight has raised questions about the degree to which companies protect customers’ privacy rights.

Mass retention of data is illegal, says European Union court

The Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) said its ruling was based on the view that holding traffic and location data en masse allowed "very precise conclusions to be drawn concerning the private lives of the persons whose data has been retained".

No control over NSA surveillance in country, claims New Zealand PM

New Zealand Prime Minister John Key on Wednesday said his government and intelligence agencies had no control over what data the US National Security Agency (NSA) collected from its citizens.

Snowden's evidence suggests New Zealand was planning mass domestic surveillance: US journo

New Zealand was preparing to conduct mass domestic surveillance last year, a US investigative journalist said on Monday, five days before the country goes to the polls, provoking immediate denials from Prime Minister John Key.

Desi snoopgate: Report says India used Vodafone to spy on calls, mails

Google, Microsoft, Facebook and others beef up security to thwart mass spying