Articles Tagged with ''privacy concerns''

U.S. border agents are allowed to search a traveler’s laptop, cellphone or other electronic device and keep copies of any data on them based on no more than a hunch, according to an internal study from the Homeland Security Department. 

78 percent of Americans polled after the Boston Marathon bombing said that public surveillance is a good idea, despite privacy infringement concerns. 

An increasingly civilian market for unmanned aircraft is leading legislators to reconsider the laws regarding aerial surveillance and intelligence gathering.

Despite a Supreme Court ruling that GPS tracking may not be attached to a suspect's vehicle without a warrant, the government is attempting to find out what exemptions are possible.

34 colleges and universities applied for drone permits in 2012, mostly for academic purposes, but privacy activists are concerned.