FCC has confirmed that shady data brokers were buying phone location data right from the carriers. The organization stated that at least one telecommunications provider was involved in these programs.…

Airbnb wants hosts to put surveillance devices on their homes, so they’re giving them on a discount. The devices are allegedly only able to detect sound levels, and not conversations…

Utah is going to be one of the very first US States to install a “panopticon” system to watch out for crimes. Privacy rights advocates are worried about the system’s…

A Moscow court decides that watching people’s every move doesn’t violate their privacy rights. This is the second lawsuit of this kind that gets dismissed, and activists in the country…