David McCabe reports: A coalition of tech and privacy groups are asking the Federal Communications Commission to stop requiring that telecommunications companies store data on their customers for 18 months. Under current policies, companies have to keep “name, address, and telephone number of the caller, telephone number called, date, time and length of the call”…
Category: Govt
Does the Government Have Carte Blanche to Retain Seized Data Indefinitely? In Amicus Brief to the Second Circuit, Policy Groups Argue No
William W. Hellmuth writes: On July 29, 2015, BakerHostetler filed an amicus brief with the Second Circuit on behalf of the Center for Democracy and Technology, joined by five prominent nonprofit public interest groups, for the en banc rehearing of United States v. Ganias, Case No. 12-240. In Ganias, the Court will grapple with arguments centering…
CISA sponsors reach deal to help speed Senate passage
Cory Bennett reports: The bipartisan co-sponsors of a major cybersecurity bill reached a preliminary deal on amendments that could help speed the measure through the Senate before August recess. Sens. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), the top two lawmakers on the Senate Intelligence Committee, are backing the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA). Their…
Stingray surveillance sparks privacy concerns in Congress
Erin Kelly reports: Members of Congress are increasingly trying to rein in a secretive federal law enforcement program that uses devices known as Stingrays to capture cellphone data from unsuspecting Americans. “They are spying on law-abiding citizens as we speak,” said Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., who recently won House approval of a measure to end the program. Read…