A mobile-phone industry group plans to launch a wireless directory-assistance service next year, but consumer groups want federal rules to protect people's privacy and ensure that users must opt in to the database. By Ryan Singel.

The Supreme Court will hear arguments over whether the government is automatically on the hook for illegally releasing private data. The feds say individuals must prove harm before claiming compensation. By Ryan Singel.

The growing number of secret searches and wiretaps by federal investigators has privacy advocates up in arms about the impact on civil liberties. The use of such measures jumped 30 percent in 2002, according to a recent report. By Julia Scheeres.

At a gathering of technology and privacy experts, a lawyer for a conservative think tank has one request: Stop the "hysterical cries" over loss of privacy and let the government do what it must to prevent terrorism. Michelle Delio reports from New York.

People have similar rights online live they do in the real world. You still have what you can and cannot do online which would be your rights. Your responsibility is what you have to do and to take accountability for wrongdoing.