The U.S. Congress needs to help restore global trust in the nation's technology vendors by reining in surveillance programs at the National Security Agency, an industry representative told lawmakers Tuesday.
Grant Gross | 04 Feb | Read more
A U.S. Senate committee has approved legislation that would give more privacy protection from government surveillance for data stored in the cloud.
Grant Gross | 25 Apr | Read more
A proposal in the U.S. Congress to strengthen the penalties in the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act is a "giant leap in the wrong direction" for digital rights activists calling for changes in the law after the suicide of hacktivist Aaron Swartz earlier this year.
Grant Gross | 26 Mar | Read more
If U.S. law enforcement agencies agree to changes in electronic surveillance law to better protect the privacy of stored email and documents, they want several changes in return, including a requirement that email and cloud service providers hold onto records longer.
Grant Gross | 19 Mar | Read more