Occupy Wall Street websites love adding Google, Facebook, and Twitter buttons--which could give law enforcement a handy back door to track users' actions--and identities.

Associates of WikiLeaks are forging ahead in their battle to prevent the government from accessing information about their use of Twitter.

The government has almost certainly made secret requests for WikiLeaks-related material from other companies. But only Twitter (successfully, at least) fought to have to have those orders brought into the open. Here’s why.

The Department of Homeland Security is testing iris scanning technology from Global Rainmakers to boost border security.

Embroiled in another privacy flap, the social network giant hits hard against the civil liberties group -- and the ACLU strikes back.

The House of Representatives approved a bill last week to snuff out access to porn on government-owned PCs. "Fair enough!" the more puritanical among you may think. But the bill's halo effect could be financially tricky.

A coalition of both tech companies and human rights organizations called Digital Due Process are pushing Congress for a huge update of the 25-year-old privacy laws governing us now.