Compliance Management

In a court ruling, Judge Richard Leon of the Disctrict of Columbia wrote that the tactics used by the agency are "almost Orwellian" and infringe on the Fourth Amendment.

The NSA is taking advantage of the same technology used to gauge consumer behavior online, to bolster its surveillance of suspicious individuals.

Ann Cavoukian, the province of Ontario's Information and Privacy Commissioner, has pledged to determine how the personal information of a disabled Toronto woman reached the hands of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

Heavyweight software and social media firms, including Apple, Microsoft and Twitter, have joined in on the coalition.

The social networking giant has filed a motion with a U.S. district judge, asking to throw out a recent suit that claims the company was hacking into its members' accounts.

Among 125 law enforcement agencies in 33 states, one in every four use the "tower dump" tactic, new reports reveal.

The agency makes use of the sweeping surveillance practice employing a sophisticated tool called "co-traveler," which essentially tracks bystanders interacting with targets.

Again, it's the time for the annual "doom and gloom" security outlook for the coming year. Understandable, when after a busy season of attacks it seems likely that next year will only bring worse.