The U.S. Senate voted last week to allow internet service providers to sell data about their customers’ online activities to advertisers.

The remarkable feature of this judicial sentence was how it clashed conceptually with the customary default question that suffuses our judicial system as a whole

We are producing more data than ever before, with more than 2.5 quintillion bytes produced every day, according to computer giant IBM.

The tech revolution is coming to advertising. Chatbots are replacing humans, big data threatens our privacy, and the blockchain is linking it all together.

Although it is difficult to get exact numbers, some estimates show Immigration and Customs Enforcement home raids have never resulted in more than 30,000 apprehensions in any given year.

Introducing new security measures for the airline industry is rarely done lightly by governments.

When the Indian government recently banned two high-value currency notes, it led to all sorts of chaos.

The year 2016 was a wild one for the private prison industry.

In the coming months, the Seattle-based nonprofit The Tor Project will be making some changes to improve how the Tor network protects users’ privacy and security.

The Trump administration has released a series of executive orders targeting immigration at the U.S. southern border.

The election of Donald Trump signals an end to the recent optimism about reducing the mass imprisonment of two million U.S. citizens each year.

Companies are bombarded with phishing scams every day.

A NASA scientist heading home to the U.S. said he was detained in January at a Houston airport, where Customs and Border Protection officers pressured him for access to his work phone and its potentially sensitive contents.

This week’s WikiLeaks release of what is apparently a trove of Central Intelligence Agency information related to its computer hacking should surprise no on.  

Since 2009, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents have been allowed to search electronic devices carried by citizens or noncitizens as they cross the border into the United States from other countries.

A rowdy segment of the American electorate is hell-bent on banning a specific group of immigrants from entering the United States.

Wearing a fitness tracking device could earn you cash from your health insurance company. At first, this sounds lucrative for the people who participate, and good for the companies, who want healthier insurance customers.

Having access to the internet is increasingly considered to be an emerging human right. The United Nations has taken note of the crucial role of internet connectivity in “the struggle for human rights.”

As you browse the internet, online advertisers track nearly every site you visit, amassing a trove of information on your habits and preferences.

The U.S. criminal justice system is driven by racial disparity.

Every January, I do a digital tune-up, cleaning up my privacy settings, updating my software and generally trying to upgrade my security.

Republican legislators are proposing laws that would criminalize nonviolent protest in North Dakota, Minnesota, Michigan, Washington, and Iowa

A common stereotype of fraudsters is that they are psychopaths. That fraudsters are considered manipulative, callous and remorseless is understandable, considering the consequences of fraud.