A new report on modernizing the Privacy Act recommends Congress take action to rein in how agencies buy personal information from private data brokers.

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence issued a framework that aims to guide spy agencies on best practices for ethically using commercial data that analysts frequently leverage in their ...

For decades, America’s voter roll maintenance system has been running on fumes. It still relies on tools like the Postal Service’s National Change of Address database and the Social Security Death ...

Mass surveillance of entire communities or city blocks raises serious questions about data privacy and potential violations ...