Tag: Privacy

IRS Commissioner John Koskinen has told Congress his agency's ability to respond to taxpayers seeking assistance with their returns has been reduced by budget cuts. (AP Photo)

IRS: Taxpayer info hacked

Susan Ferrechio · May 26, 2015 9:28 pm

Mitch McConnell meets with reporters following a Republican policy luncheon, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

McConnell: ‘Nobody at NSA’ ‘listening to your phone calls’

Barbara Boland · May 17, 2015 4:49 pm

The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the warrantless mass collection of American phone records. (AP Photo)

A key case in the debate over liberty and privacy

Jimmy Soni · May 11, 2015 9:00 am

Editorial cartoons

Editorial cartoons: Surveil this

Washington Examiner · May 8, 2015 8:12 pm

In the 9-2 decision, the 11th Circuit decided that authorities properly got 67 days' worth of records from MetroPCS for Miami suspect Quartavious Davis by using a court order with a lower burden of proof. (AP Photo)Â

Florida court: No search warrant needed for cell phone location records

Kelly Cohen · May 5, 2015 5:29 pm

The Marine Military Academy CyberPatriot team practices their security skills before the competition this week in Harlingen, Texas. (AP Photo/Valley Morning Star, David Pike)

Intense debate over security and privacy is coming in the Senate

Charlie Mitchell · May 4, 2015 9:00 am

In the matter of the Google antitrust case in Europe, the political and media battle matters as much as the strictly legal one. (iStock)

Google vs. Europe antitrust case pulls in media and politics

Jimmy Soni · May 4, 2015 9:00 am

Del. AG announces four privacy bills

LocalLabs News Service · April 21, 2015 3:23 pm

Surveillance cameras are catalyzing this conversation about "privacy in public," but the root of the problem is the lowly license plate. (AP Photo)Â

The end of the license plate

Jim Harper · April 18, 2015 9:00 am

Cellphones and Cameras Confiscated Before Meeting With Hillary

Daniel Halper · April 16, 2015 3:48 pm

By Memorial Day weekend, Congress will likely have decided whether the federal government's mass surveillance programs will be partially reined in or not. (iStock)

Confronting the surveillance state

Patrick Eddington · April 13, 2015 9:00 am

Facebook’s tag-suggesting a ‘brazen disregard’ for users’ privacy, class action alleges

Jessica Karmasek · April 8, 2015 1:30 pm