Zack Whittaker reports: Microsoft’s customer security chief says as many as one-third of all government demands that the company receives for customer data are issued with secrecy clauses that prevents it from disclosing the search to the subject of the warrant. The figure was disclosed in testimony by Microsoft’s Tom Burt ahead of a House…
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Privacy Watchdog Board’s Secret Report on N.S.A. System Fell Short, Member Says
Charlie Savage reports: A member of a civil liberties watchdog board that investigates the nation’s security programs criticized on Tuesday a major — but still secret — report by his organization about a National Security Agency surveillance-related system, portraying the effort as shoddy and a missed opportunity. The official, Travis LeBlanc, is a Democratic appointee…
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Public Comments Now Available on Proposed Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy Rule
From HHS OCR: Public Comments Now Available on Proposed Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy Rule Public comments submitted in response to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy Rule are now available for public viewing on Regulations.gov at: https://www.regulations.gov/document/HHS-OCR-2021-0006-0001. The proposed changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rule include strengthening individuals’ rights to…