Santa Clara County enacted a pioneering spy-tech law aimed at protecting the public’s right to privacy from surveillance technologies.

Santa Clara County won’t get the secret cell phone spying technology Sheriff Laurie Smith has been pushing the last year.

The Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office plans to obtain cellphone spying equipment to track suspected criminals and find missing people.

A computer security consultant is sparring with the city over records related to the San Jose Police Department’s use of a cellphone spying technology.

As Americans grow increasingly anxious about the scope of government spying, a recent report found that at least nine Bay Area public agencies—including the San Jose Police Department (SJPD)—use a controversial surveillance system that mines real time phone data.