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Ninth Circuit OKs FBI’s National Security Letter Gag Orders…

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The Ninth Circuit on Monday upheld the FBI’s use of gag orders to muzzle companies about the number and content of national security letters they receive seeking records on their customers without a warrant. A three-judge panel found that because the gag orders serve a compelling government interest — protecting national security — and because […]

U.S. Government Can Legally Access Your Facebook Data — and Now We Know How…

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According to Facebook’s Global Government Requests Report, government’s requests for Facebook account data rose 27 percent in the first half of 2016. Facebook’s official announcement explained that requests for user data went from 46,710 in the last half of 2015 to 59,229 in the first half of 2016…

Google Publishes Eight Secret FBI Requests…

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Google revealed in October it had been freed from a gag order preventing it from talking about a secret FBI request for customer data made in 2015. The internet search company chose at the time not to publish the actual subpoena, but it is now releasing redacted versions of that letter and seven others…

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