Nick Cahill reports: Nine years after it began tracking private citizens’ cellphone calls and text messages without warrants, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department said Tuesday it will no longer do so without a court order. Sheriff Scott Jones announced the new policy on Stingray technology days after the Sacramento County Public Defender’s Office asked a…
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Why the FTC, America’s top privacy regulator, actually hates a privacy bill everyone else seems to want
Brian Fung reports: By now, Americans are all too familiar with the ways hackers can gain unauthorized entry into their personal accounts online. But did you know that the government can currently seize many of your e-mails without even getting a warrant? That’s the result of a gaping loophole in a nearly 30-year-old law known as the…
Microsoft Argues for Data Security in Landmark Court Appeal
Bob Van Voris reports: Microsoft Corp. asked an appeals panel to reverse a lower-court ruling forcing it to turn over e-mails stored in Ireland, in a closely watched case that could set the terms for data security for the U.S. technology industry. Internet service providers may have a hard time selling Web-based programs if they…
Procedural tactics may delay CISA
Charlie Mitchell reports: Congress returns this week with cybersecurity as one item on a long list of priorities that may or may not be addressed in the final months of the year. The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act has been teed up for Senate action this fall, amid strong support from the business community. But there…