SOSadmin writes: Google and Verizon have released relatively detailed transparency reports, showing for the first time how many subpoenas, court orders, search warrants, and wiretap orders they received during the first six months of 2013 and the year, respectively. The results confirm what we already knew: When law enforcement officials can obtain our private records without warrants, they…
Category: Govt
FTC Settles with Twelve Companies Falsely Claiming to Comply with International Safe Harbor Privacy Framework
The following is a press release from the Federal Trade Commission: Twelve U.S. businesses have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they falsely claimed they were abiding by an international privacy framework known as the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor that enables U.S. companies to transfer consumer data from the European Union to the United…
Phone firms hesitate at U.S. record-keeping idea
Stephen Braun of Associated Press reports: Telephone companies are quietly hesitating at the idea of changing how they collect and store Americans’ phone records to help the National Security Agency’s surveillance programs. They’re worried about their exposure to lawsuits and the price tag if the U.S. government asks them to hold information about customers for…
NSA Data Have No Impact on Terrorism: Report
Chris Strohm reports: A public policy group says a review of U.S. terrorist arrests shows the government’s collection of bulk phone records does little to prevent terrorism, adding fuel to a debate over whether the spy program should be ended. The nonprofit New America Foundation, based in Washington, analyzed cases involving 225 people recruited by al-Qaeda or…