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Secret Government Report Shows Gaping Holes in Privacy Protections From U.S. Surveillance

Posted on October 23, 2018 by pogowasright.org

Ashley Gorski writes:

On Tuesday, in response to Freedom of Information Act requests, a federal privacy watchdog released an important report about how the U.S. government handles people’s personal information that it sweeps up in its surveillance. Despite requests from Senator Ron Wyden and the European Union, the Trump administration had refused to make the report public — until now. The report addresses government agencies’ implementation of “PPD-28,” President Obama’s 2014 policy directive on government spying and the treatment of “personal information,” which includes communications like emails, chats, and text messages.

Read more on ACLU.

via Joe Cadillic

Category: Surveillance

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