The human rights organization Liberty has launched a legal challenge in a bid to derail the UK government's recently passed Investigatory Powers Act, often referred to as the "Snooper's Charter." Liberty wants to...

The UK government is breaking the law by indiscriminately collecting citizens' internet activity and phone records and giving hundreds of public bodies access to these personal details with no suspicion of serious...

The decision means people aren't allowed to arbitrarily monitor apartment blocks or the surrounding area by installing video cameras without obtaining their neighbors' consent.

A new bill that massively expands surveillance powers has been passed in the UK. The Investigatory Powers Bill passed through the House of Lords yesterday and now needs only the Queen's approval, a formality known as...

Privacy rules were broken when UK spy agencies collected large amounts of citizens' data without adequate oversight, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal has ruled. The organization Privacy International filed complaints...

Croatia must pay compensation to an activist from the Centre for Peace Studies after she was the subject of government surveillance, which violated her right to a private life.

Swiss voters have overwhelmingly supported a law on new surveillance powers for the country's intelligence agencies. Some 65.5 percent of voters agreed to the proposal, which allows the authorities to tap phones,...

American whistleblower Edward Snowden has attacked his Russian protectors by criticizing the government's human rights record and suggesting that its officials have been involved in hacks on US security networks....

The Romanian Intelligence Service was granted millions in European funding in order to set up a system that will allow it to conduct mass surveillance on citizens.

EVP International, the company responsible for issuing Paysera Visa cards in Lithuania, expressed its fury over the Financial Crime Investigation Service's attempt to snoop on its clients.