An investigative journalism report published by the “Calcalist” daily newspaper accuses the Israel National Police of spying on innocent individuals by using NSO’s “Pegasus” surreptitious surveillance software on their mobile phones, without warrants authorizing the Police to do so.

The Police reportedly use Pegasus to surveil protesters, intelligence targets, politicians, and other public officials, as part of preliminary but warrantless ...

The Israeli Civil Service Regulations, which apply to civil servants employed by the Israeli government, were amended to prohibit the recording of one civil servant by another absent full consent, regardless of whether one party is subordinate to the other. This prohibition does not apply if the recording party has reasonable grounds to believe that the recording is necessary for ...

The Israeli Ministry of Justice (“MoJ”) has published a bill memorandum covering a series of proposed amendments to the Israeli Protection of Privacy Law (the “Law”). If enacted, this would be the most comprehensive amendment to the Law since 1996. The bill seeks to amend the definitions of the Law’s key terms, thereby expanding the scope of the Law, and ...