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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) released a vast trove of documents on Monday detailing how domestic law enforcement agencies used commercially... 20.07.2022, Sputnik International

The board was led by Nina Jankowicz, who became the subject of scrutiny from conservatives and Republican lawmakers for her vocal political views and her leadership on the board.

The ACLU says thousands of documents starting in the Trump era show that Homeland Security and its agencies had purchased a "shocking" amount of commercially available data on people's movements.

In just one three-day span, DHS obtained over 113,000 location points — a fraction of the overall data it acquired without a warrant.

More than 6,000 records show DHS collected data on more than 336,000 location data points across North America that was gathered from apps on millions of peoples smartphones.

Documents obtained by the ACLU through a FOIA lawsuit reveal that federal agencies under the Department of Homeland Security are contracting with data brokers such as Venntel and Babel Street to buy huge amounts of location data without requiring any judicial oversight.

Documents obtained by the ACLU suggest ICE and DHS have contracts with private companies to buy location data via cell phone records.

Police facial recognition deployment resulted in three arrests, despite sustained calls from Parliament and civil society to limit the technology’s use until a specific legal framework for biometrics is in place

Pegasus spyware has been used by governments to target mobile phones, and can remotely access such things as messages, contacts, photos and videos.

Ben and Jerry's has sued parent company Unilever over a decision last week to sell the American company's Israel operations to a subsidiary, clearing