NSA spent $100M on phone surveillance program that prompted two unique FBI leads
A multimillion-dollar cellphone surveillance program that sifted through the metadata from millions of individual phone numbers yielded just two unique […]
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Congress postponed a vote to extend Patriot Act surveillance programs
Congress has postponed a planned vote to reauthorize controversial surveillance programs. The House Judiciary Committee intended to renew parts of […]
Washington Senate passes bill to regulate governments’ use of facial-recognition technology
Washington state senators Wednesday approved a bill that would begin regulating the use of facial-recognition programs by local and state […]
Congress eyes killing controversial surveillance program
Momentum is growing in Congress to reject the Trump administration’s request to reauthorize a controversial surveillance program. Lawmakers have until […]
House Committee reviews controversial Washington Privacy Act
Following a 46-1 vote in the Senate, the proposed Washington Privacy Act has moved over to the House, where a […]
Iowa senator to introduce ‘right to be forgotten’ law
A state senator wants to spare Iowans the agony of search engines digging up past indiscretions they would rather forget, […]
As Congress stalls on data privacy, Big Tech tangles with states
Top U.S. technology companies are shifting their focus to state capitals to shape emerging data-privacy laws as progress on a […]
Big Telecom Say It Has First Amendment Right to Sell Your Private Data
ISPs say that a law requiring users to opt-in to having their location and financial data sold is a ‘burdensome […]
California Introduces Bill to Regulate Automated Decision Systems
On February 14, 2020, California State Assembly Member Ed Chau introduced the Automated Decision Systems Accountability Act of 2020, which […]
Privacy Bill Clears Washington State Senate
The Washington State Senate has passed a privacy bill that would give state residents new rights over data collection and […]
New laws to create a Data Protection Agency announced in USA
In the US, a new Data Protection Act (DPA) would create a consumer watchdog to give Americans control and protection […]
Study finds privacy concerns put most adults off dealing with a firm
A new study of over 2,000 US adults and 500 marketing executives has found that data privacy is now a […]