#surveillance

The House legal committee will convene again on Thursday to discuss plans to change the framework regarding the authorities’ access to people’s private communications, with many MPs remaining dissatisfied ...

The government moved on Wednesday to expediate a package of legislation that would significantly expand the state’s power to intercept telecommunications, with MPs examining the proposals in the parliamentary ...

Like having the state read your letters before you seal the envelope is how one US-based commentator describes the upshot of the Chat Control legislation coming up for a vote ...

The debate on the placement of cameras in certain areas to cut down on crime versus the right to privacy seems almost moot in today’s digital age. The justice ...

MPs hit back on Wednesday against a suggestion to roll out CCTV cameras across public spaces, arguing the country cannot turn into ‘Big Brother’ in a bid to fight organised ...

With surveillance cameras becoming all the more prominent, police have had to increasingly rely on the public and cameras installed outside private properties to help them gather evidence in a ...

Cyprus has once again lost all credibility following the US sanctions against ex-Israeli intelligence officer Tal Dilian, Akel charged on Wednesday, calling on Christodoulides to take a stand on the ...

A representative of the interior ministry said on Wednesday “it is not the state’s intention to monitor journalists.” The comment was made at the House ethics committee, where the ...

Measures announced to tackle organised crime came under fire on Tuesday, while Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis said their immediate introduction would boost effectiveness as holistic improvements to the structure of ...

Lawmakers on Thursday excoriated the government for having gone along with a French initiative that would have let authorities to spy on journalists in new EU legislation coming down the ...

Some breathed a sigh of relief on December 15 when news broke the European Parliament and the European Council agreed to amend the draft text of a new law coming down ...

Cyprus’ police force was in possession of advanced surveillance equipment since at least 2014, according to emails published in a report by daily Phileleftheros. Emails seen and published by the newspaper ...

The Deputy Ministry of Research is working on tightening the framework for dual-use software licensing related to tracking people, the permanent secretary of the ministry Stelios Himonas told the House ...

France’s National Assembly on Thursday approved the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) video surveillance during the 2024 Paris Olympics, overlooking warnings from civil rights groups that the technology posed a ...

The House legal affairs committee on Wednesday held an in-depth discussion about the spyware case investigated by the European parliament’s Pega committee and the involvement of Cyprus in the ...

Justice Minister Stephie Dracou on Wednesday denied that there is strong public criticism over her handling of the Nicosia central prisons case. Speaking after the House legal committee, she emphasised ...

Countries other than those accused of surveillance should also be investigated, including Cyprus, according to MEP and member of the European Parliament’s inquiry committee investigating the use of Pegasus ...

Main opposition Akel kept badgering the government on Thursday over the ‘spy van’ affair of 2019 – firing off new questions which it demanded the administration answer. The controversy surrounding the affair ...

Justice Minister Stephie Drakou on Wednesday hit back at allegations by a Cypriot MEP about surveillance at the Nicosia central prisons, calling them “misinterpretations” and saying the claims were unsubstantiated. ...

Surveillance upgrades at the central prison are not to follow conversations but to track cell phones being used to attempt to make illegal calls, Justice Minister Stefi Drakou said on ...

The incident involving the alleged collusion of a senior police officer with an inmate at the central prisons currently under investigation brought to the forefront the prison department’s year ...

Recognising the need to monitor the buffer zone to avoid the flow of migrants from the north, lawmakers and police on Friday raised questions and serious doubts about plans to ...

Cyprus signed an agreement Thursday procuring from Israel a modern system to be used for the surveillance of the buffer zone. A defence ministry statement said the agreement was signed ...