Hanni Fakhoury writes: In the 36-year existence of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), the government has never disclosed classified FISA materials—the specific applications for surveillance and the factual affidavits that support the surveillance request—to a criminal defendant. That all changed in January 2014 when a federal judge in Chicago ordered the government to turn…
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FBI wants easier process to hack suspects’ computers
Ellen Nakashima reports: The Justice Department is seeking a change in criminal rules that would make it easier for the FBI to obtain warrants to hack into suspects’ computers for evidence when the computer’s physical location is unknown — a problem that officials say is increasing as more and more crime is conducted online with tools to…
CFPB Proposes Revised Financial Privacy Rule
Greg Frischmann writes: On May 6, 2014, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) proposed a rule to modify the notice provisions of Regulation P, which implements the financial privacy provisions of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (“GLBA”). Regulation P requires financial institutions to deliver an annual privacy notice to customers, which is often accomplished through a direct…
Ca: Federal government is ‘creeping’ your Facebook page
Alex Boutilier reports: Ottawa is creeping you on Facebook. The government that characterized the long-form census as unduly intrusive is increasingly lifting Canadians’ personal information from their social networking websites, according to the federal privacy watchdog. In a letter to Treasury Board President Tony Clement, interim privacy commissioner Chantal Bernier said an “increasing number” of government institutions…