Verizon reveals govt. made 320,000 user snoop-data requests in 2013

Last Updated: Thursday, January 23, 2014, 12:41

Mobile carrier Verizon has reportedly said that it received 3,20,000 snoop-data requests about consumers by the US government as part of its mass surveillance programmes.

Zuckerberg says US `really blew it` on surveillance programmes

Last Updated: Monday, November 25, 2013, 20:07

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has criticized the government`s data collection programmes, saying that the government the US `really blew it` out.

Google, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft unite to rein in US surveillance programmes

Last Updated: Friday, November 1, 2013, 12:25

Tech giants Yahoo, Facebook, Google, Apple and Microsoft have united against US government`s snooping programme.

NSA whistleblower Snowden may seek asylum in Iceland

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 19, 2013, 11:43

A middleman has reportedly used ` informal approach` to forward the request of seeking asylum in Iceland on behalf of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.

Surveillance programmes thwarted terror plots: US NSA chief

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 19, 2013, 09:03

Two phone and Internet surveillance programmes run by the US National Security Agency (NSA) helped disrupt over 50 potential terrorist attacks against the US and its allies, the agency`s chief said Tuesday.