privacy rights

A city audit is critical of the way the Portland Police Bureau collected and stored surveillance information regarding racial justice protests in 2020. KGW-TV reports auditors said police collected information about protesters who were not connected to any crimes, and kept some private information for too long. The audit was done after Black Lives Matter protesters expressed concern that police were gathering information that could violate their civil rights.

Microsoft is suing the U.S. Justice Department, claiming it exploits the company's trove of data on customers who use its cloud-based products.The…

The National Security Agency’s bulk collection of cell phone data is at the heart of a case before the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Oral arguments…

Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson says police don't need permission to record their interactions with citizens using cameras worn on their…