Electronic surveillance

Int'l Community Living in 'Golden Age' of Surveillance - Snowden

The world is going through a "golden age" of surveillance, with governments unwilling to reduce privacy violations, US National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden said Tuesday.

In February, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Privacy Joseph Cannataci wrote in a report that a number of states, including the world's leading democracies, have used modern digital technology for opportunistic surveillance as well as actively discouraging UN work to establish safeguards against privacy intrusions.