Earlier this month, Finland's Parliament of Åland passed two new surveillance laws in a nearly empty room. The surveillance laws expand spying powers by military and civilian intelligence agencies and…
Welcome to the Online Privacy News Update for March 28th, 2018. Today, the VPN industry let the world know that Russia had asked the world's VPNs to censor websites. Read…
A team of four researchers from South Korea's KAIST, the country's premier tech institution, have discovered 36 new vulnerabilities in 4G LTE that have wide ranging security and privacy implications.…
The Roskomnadzor, Russia's government censorship agency, has issued formal notices to ten non-Russian VPN providers demanding that they "hook up" to the Roskomnadzor's list of banned sites and start complying…
Over fifty individuals - including eight American citizens - are accusing the US government of violating their privacy rights by tracking them in a secret database compiled and shared between…
Here is the Online Privacy News Update for March 27th, 2018. Today, the world is still coming to grips with the EU Parliament's passing of Article 13 and Article 11…
Back in 2017, Privacy News Online wrote about a massive police system being built in China that would allow "predictive policing" – the ability to spot criminals before they even…
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued seven letters to internet service providers (ISPs) and mobile broadband providers in the United States demanding a special report regarding their privacy practices.…
The European Union (EU) has passed all articles, including Article 13 and Article 11, of the Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive. Article 13 of the copyright directive mandates…
Supporters of net neutrality in America need to mobilize this week as the legislative battle to bring back net neutrality heats up. The current front runner in saving net neutrality…