Privacy

A team of Europeans is creating a different contact-tracing tool that they say is designed to limit the collection and exposure of personal data.

Editor’s Note: This is the latest in Just Security’s weekly series keeping readers up to date on developments at the United Nations at the intersection of national security,…

It is imperative that States and their citizens question how much freedom and privacy should be sacrificed to limit the impact of this pandemic.

"Government officials need to listen to stakeholders and technologists who are not trying to promote private companies’ interests in infection control programs."

"There’s a grave threat to individual liberty, privacy, and racial justice. A balance needs to be struck. But it will not be struck by continuing to act lawlessly, which is to…

How might we move toward accountability in the face of irreconcilable clashes between Rights-era and Public Health-era values, particularly given the serious practical and civil…

It remains to be seen how this new clash will resolve itself, but the stakes have only increased for both sides.

"The Inspector General's report fails to turn up anything resembling a Deep State cabal within the FBI plotting against the president, or deliberate abuse of surveillance authorities…

Last week's FISA Court opinions provide even more evidence that the current system fails to adequately protect Americans’ privacy.

Voice recognition technology should be subject to a new Fourth Amendment framework, drawing on the Supreme Court’s recent technology-related decisions, that treats each query…

This is now the fourth major FISA Court opinion on Section 702 in 10 years documenting substantial non-compliance with the rules meant to protect Americans’ privacy.

As government communications shutdowns become more frequent, legal challenges citing international human rights law and domestic constitutional protections are also on the rise.…