Cyrus Farivar of Ars Technica reports that Senator Al Franken has been asking Apple CEO Tim Cook some good questions. Here’s part of the Senator’s letter: Does Apple consider fingerprint data to be the “contents” of communications, customer or subscriber records, or a “subscriber number or identity” as defined in the Stored Communications Act? (10) Under…
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FISC consolidates firms’ requests to disclosed aggregated FISA order data
A number of firms – Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Yahoo! and LinkedIn – have recently filed motions with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court seeking summary judgement that they can disclose aggregated data about FISA orders they receive. Now the court has consolidated the cases and ordered the government to respond with a single response by September…
Box aims for NSA-resistant cloud security with customers holding the keys
Jon Brodkin reports: After eight years of existence, file sharing service Box has built a huge user base—claiming 180,000 businesses, including 97 percent of the Fortune 500—by offering cloud storage and collaboration tools with top-notch security and regulatory compliance. But while Box may be resistant to most criminal hackers, like most cloud storage companies, it…
Privacy advocates look to California
Michelle Quinn reports: Frustrated by a lack of action at the federal level, privacy advocates pushing for an online Do Not Track law are hoping a California measure will kindle a national debate. Called the Online Tracking Transparency Act, the bill requires websites to inform users whether and how they honor “do not track” signals…