Civil Liberties Groups Sue Over Electronics Searches
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Federal lawsuit protests excessive screenings at U.S. border-entry points, including inspections of laptop and cell phone data.
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A judicial panel flip-flops, finding that workers have constitutional rights when it comes to government searches of their employer-provided computers. In 27B Stroke 6.
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The American Civil Liberties Union sued the U.S. government on Monday over what the rights group said was the wrongful deportation of a developmentally disabled U.S. citizen who is now missing in Mexico.
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The Electronic Frontier Foundation has filed a lawsuit seeking more information about a U.S. Army unit that scours the Web looking for sensitive military information posted on blogs and Web sites by military personnel.
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Civil liberties groups made common cause today with the Justice Department, a traditional target of their lawsuits, by filing court papers supporting the government&#39;s appeal of a court ruling that said internet service providers are allowed to snoop on
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Civil rights groups consider suing to test whether New York police went too far in arresting activists during GOP conclave.
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Three AOL subscribers who suddenly found records of their Internet searches widely distributed online are suing the company under privacy laws and are seeking an end to its retention of search-related data.
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A Maryland group seeking paper trails on touch-screen voting machines today sued the State Board of Elections to win the right to monitor polling places on Election Day. -washingtonpost.com
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The American Civil Liberties Union has sued the FBI, trying to get more information about the agency&#39;s questioning of Muslims and Arabs as it investigates the possibility of pre-election terror attacks.
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory scientists and engineers sued NASA and the California Institute of Technology on Thursday, challenging extensive new background checks that the space exploration center and other federal agencies began requiring in the wake of the Sept. 11 terror attacks.
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After retailer allegedly discovers contraband on man's computer, he asks judges to say results of search cannot be used as evidence against him.
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Claiming national security concerns, and backed by Justice Department special counsel, the phone provider argues in federal court that a lawsuit against it for ponying up millions of phone records for a secret government data-mining program should be dismissed. Ryan Singel reports from the courthouse.
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Attorneys for telecommunications companies from around the nation converge to answer 48 separate lawsuits charging collusion with illegal government surveillance. Ryan Singel reports from San Francisco.
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A Congressional inquiry into online data brokers has raised concerns that federal and local law enforcement may be skirting privacy laws to obtain calling records
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FORT WORTH -- Recent conflicting federal court decisions regarding when authorities can search and seize files on laptop computers of travelers crossing the US border have left business travelers confused and asking questions.
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European group asks for an investigation into how Google's DoubleClick acquisition could affect privacy rights.
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The Electronic Frontier Foundation, a privacy rights group, has filed a lawsuit seeking answers about a U.S. Department of Homeland Security "risk-assessment" system for travelers.