Italy's new data retention law authorises the storage of phone and web data for up to 6 years, far beyond the timeframe allowed under the previous regulation.

The consultative referendum on the new Intelligence and Security Act (Wiv) will be held simultaneously with the municipal elections on March 21, 2018. This was announced by the Electoral Council on November 2. The...

The introduction of the new Intelligence and Security Act has been postponed until May 1, 2018, when the referendum on the act will be complete. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, appointing a new review...

A recent report of Amnesty International states that suspects of terrorism are detained under inhumane conditions in the Netherlands. It concerns two detention centers in the country: de Schie and Vught. Amnesty...

'Mass' or 'dragnet' surveillance has been in the news a lot recently. Later episodes in the series will explain why this practice is such a problem. But to understand why mass surveillance is so bad, we first need to explain what it is. Here goes...

Whistleblowers expose information on activities within a company, a ministry or some other organisation that they consider to be illegal or grossly unethical.

Today, Liberties published its report ‘Security through Human Rights’. The report finds that two commonly used counter-terrorism measures are killing democracy, are ineffective and counter-productive.

State-sponsored hacking wins the Jury Prize and the ANPR cameras wins the Audience Prize of the 2017 Big Brother Awards.

Should the way in which Internet firms such as Facebook transfer users’ data to the United States be banned? This is the question Ireland's High Court has asked the top European court to issue a preliminary decision...

Intelligence sharing is important to fight organised crime, but - without adequate monitoring - it can also lead to human rights abuses. Liberties member CILD has launched a new campaign for greater transparency around government intelligence sharing.