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Dec 31st was the expiry date for section702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Tech groups have been bandied together to remind Congress that the decision to extend the act should not be taken so lightly. And there should be an open debate rather than a rubber stamp to the provision which allows the […]
The Obama administration is seeking a temporary restart in its call records bulk collection program using the same law that banned it previously by exploiting a provision in the USA Freedom Act. “Thanks” to the USA Freedom Act, the Obama administration is trying to get affirmation for the revival of its metadata collection program. The […]
One of the top intelligence officials in the Obama administration has confirmed National Security Agency (NSA) spying on the Americans’ communication using a loophole in the surveillance law. James Clapper, Director of National Intelligence (DNI), confirmed the use of legal authorities to search actual communications of Americans without a warrant. There have been queries, using […]
A UK citizen has sued Microsoft for leaking PRISM private data to the NSA. A UK court will be carrying out an action trail for a case that has been filed by a British Citizen. The reason is that the private data of a UK citizen has been leaked or given to NSA by Microsoft. Now the court […]
A motion has been filed today with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court by the U.S Department of Justice. This motion is basically filed for opposing the Tech companies that want to tell users of such companies that their data is being spied by the government. The government in its briefing to the court has said […]