Judge rules FBI, NSA broke the law and court orders with data collectionHe still accepted new rules for data collection, however.By J. Fingas, 09.05.2020
House amendment would require warrants for web history searchesThe Lofgren-Davidson amendment could protect Americans' internet privacy.By C. Fisher, 05.26.2020
Yes, the Patriot Act amendment to track us online is realMore “bad touch” from the guys who brought us PRISMBy V. Blue, 05.22.2020
Senate passes Patriot Act amendment strengthening independent oversightBut another amendment intended to protect privacy failed.By R. Lawler, 05.14.2020
US House votes to extend FISA surveillanceThe legislation would also bring changes to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.By M. Moon, 03.11.2020
Bipartisan bill would scale back key section of the Patriot ActWhile it wouldn’t repeal Section 215 wholly, it would put new limits on it.By I. Bonifacic, 01.23.2020
Court says data swept up by the NSA is protected by the Fourth AmendmentJudges found the incidental collection through PRISM to be legal, but querying that data might not be.By J. Fingas, 12.18.2019
The NSA says it stopped tracking cellphone locations without a warrantFor now, at least.By R. Lawler, 11.14.2019
Maria Butina: Cybersecurity charlatan, spyShe infiltrated the Republican party and the NRA, but also had other targets. By V. Blue, 12.14.2018
NSA deletes hundreds of millions of call records over privacy violationsTelecoms shared data from people unrelated to the NSA's targets.By J. Fingas, 06.30.2018
Trump signs bill extending NSA's warrantless surveillance'Section 702' adds six more years of data collection.By R. Lawler, 01.20.2018
House votes to extend NSA’s warrantless surveillance capabilitiesIf it passes the Senate, FISA Section 702 be in effect for six more years.By S. Krishna, 01.11.2018
NSA surveillance reauthorization bill won't go to a vote just yetRepublicans have dropped plans to vote on it, at least in the short term.By J. Fingas, 12.20.2017
White House lets NSA's warrantless surveillance continue until AprilIt's supposed to expire on New Year's Eve.By J. Fingas, 12.06.2017
NSA surveillance expansion bill moves to House for a voteThe measure would give the NSA more power to snoop on digital targets.By J. Fingas, 12.02.2017
Senators propose 'USA Liberty Act' to reauthorize NSA surveillanceIt would add a warrant requirement, but critics say it doesn't go far enough.By R. Lawler, 11.17.2017
Senators propose reforms to wide-reaching surveillance lawThey would require the NSA to have a warrant before searching US citizens’ data.By M. Locklear, 10.24.2017
US intelligence wants to make a key foreign surveillance law permanentCongress to vote on extending FISA Section 702By A. Tarantola, 06.07.2017
Microsoft hammered by surveillance requests in 2016 (updated)But the number of total affected users went down.By M. Moon, 04.14.2017