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US Federal Court asserts NSA surveillance likely unconstitutional

A US federal court issued an injunction Monday barring the US government from collecting plaintiffs’ data in accordance with an NSA surveillance program revealed to the world by fugitive NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.

14:41 17.12.2013

UK plaintiffs attempt to sue Google for alleged illegal tracking

A group of consumers are attempting to sue Google for allegedly collecting personal data against their will, The Telegraph reported Monday.

15:31 16.12.2013

Fox News reporter to defend right to protect Colorado massacre source – report

A New York court will decide Tuesday whether Fox News reporter Jana Winter should be compelled to reveal her sources in a story about disturbing notebook entries penned by suspected Colorado theater gunman James Holmes.

13:21 12.11.2013

Google complies with Russian personal data protection policy

Google has amended its Russian version of the confidentiality policy, to ensure better protection of users’ sensitive information, senator Ruslan Gattarov told the press on Monday.

10:45 11.11.2013

Fugitive Russian mogul Polonsky shows up on Interpol database

A photo and other data on the fugitive Russian real estate tycoon Sergei Polonsky, who now resides in Cambodia, has shown up on the Interpol database, after the businessman was put on an international wanted list in October.

10:43 05.11.2013

Mail.Ru Group contests undisclosure fine in court

The Moscow Commercial Court has registered a lawsuit filed by Mail.ru against the fine imposed for refusing to disclose user data to the financial markets regulator.

17:21 31.10.2013

EU concerned over Russia monitoring airline passengers

Transport ministers from 28 states of European Union expressed concerns over the Russian Transport Ministry’s demand to provide personal data of all European passengers flying to Russia directly or passing over without landing.

10:46 11.10.2013

Russian drug police to gain access to border-crossing database

Russian Drug Control Service will be granted access to unified transport security information system this fall, the service’s head Viktor Ivanov said on Friday.

11:54 13.09.2013

Russian senator seeks to probe Twitter’s compliance with personal data law

Russian senator Ruslan Gattarov claims Twitter’s privacy policies violate Russian and European personal data protection laws and seeks a probe into the affair.

13:39 29.08.2013

Google says Gmail messages not private

Google has made it official, casually acknowledging what many people already knew or at least suspected: emails sent through its free Gmail service will be “processed” with no guarantee of privacy.

12:21 15.08.2013

US lawmakers defeat amendment to limit phone spying

A legislation aimed at substantially curbing the federal government’s ability to collect information about Americans’ phone calls failed to pass the US House of Representatives on Wednesday, Washington Post reported.

10:05 25.07.2013

MP requests inspection of Google's compliance with personal data protection laws

Lawmaker Ruslan Gattarov, who heads the Federation Council's Information Policy Commission, believes that Google violates international and Russian law on personal data protection and has asked for this assumption to be checked.

16:13 16.07.2013

Snowden says Microsoft collaborates with NSA - report

US software giant Microsoft has closely cooperated with the US National Security Agency (NSA) by allowing secret services to bypass company’s own encryption codes and gain access particularly to Outlook and Skype among other programs, The Guardian reported citing documents from Edward Snowden.

09:56 12.07.2013

Putin signs personal privacy law

President Vladimir Putin has signed a law on privacy. The new legislation amends the Civil Code, limiting the proliferation of information on an individual's private life and banning the distribution of false information even if it is not defamatory.

15:55 03.07.2013

State Duma prohibits distributing 'neutral' and 'good' lies about citizens

The State Duma on Friday has adopted in the third reading amendments to the Civil Code restricting the distribution of information about a citizen's private life and prohibiting the distribution of so-called "neutral" and "good" lies that do not discredit a person.

18:16 21.06.2013

Apple admits to receiving government requests for user information

Apple reported that it has published its statistics regarding user data requests from the US secret services after similar moves by Microsoft and Facebook.

13:41 17.06.2013

Russian officials, media representatives agree on more liberal media laws

Representatives of the Russian mass media have convinced officials and State Duma lawmakers - who met to discuss a set of strict new amendments to the Civil Code - to allow the media to publish personal information not otherwise categorized as "private".

12:04 20.05.2013

State Duma proposes restricted police access to banks

Law enforcement agencies would have to obtain a court warrant for access to bank account information, according to amendment recommended for inclusion prior to the second reading of a bill on the prevention of illegal financial transactions.

16:29 16.05.2013

Google Glass under fire with US business owners over privacy issues

A plethora of US business owners are taking a stand against hot new tech product Google Glass. The central issue is the concern that wearers of Google Glass can record their audio and visual surroundings in a manner far more conspicuous than by use of a smart phone or standard video recorder.

11:34 13.05.2013

German Constitutional Court rules anti-terror database legitimate

The Federal Constitutional Court in Germany has stated that the Antiterrordatei nationwide anti-terror file database is legitimate, but has ordered lawmakers to make changes to the system.

16:03 24.04.2013