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The British Are Coming . . . and They’re Bringing Their Own Legal Process Starting on July 8, 2020, for the first time, U.S. companies will be receiving binding legal process directly from the UK government. This change comes over two years afte… Continue reading Preparing for the First CLOUD Act Bilateral Data Access Agreement
Flaws such as the CLOUD Act’s ability to undermine the Privacy Shield mean our data can be sent to U.S. authorities and companies Since COVID-19, millions of people have been working from home. U.S. software providers such as Zoom and Skype are experi… Continue reading Why U.S. Software Companies Don’t Have to Protect Our Data
GDPR is yesterday’s news; the CLOUD Act also poses challenges for companies in Europe: U.S. authorities may also access data that is physically located in Europe if it has been processed or stored by U.S. hosting or cloud providers, or their branches … Continue reading CLOUD Act, GDPR Changing Data Protection Game
In the face of political uncertainty, organizations are challenged every day to keep the personal data they hold safe across their entire ecosystem. They must be sure that their partners, suppliers and other third parties are also keeping the organiza… Continue reading Protecting Data Flow in Shifting Privacy Regulations
U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein warned technology companies that Americans will not accept a culture in which encryption makes it impossible for law enforcement to investigate crimes, the latest comments in a long effort by the Department of Justice to find a way around end-to-end encryption. In a speech Thursday, Rosenstein urged tech firms to develop technology that keeps users’ data and communication as secure as possible, while also maintaining the ability to provide that information to law enforcement if it’s tied to an investigation. Firms including Apple, WhatsApp and others have introduced end-to-end encryption, a security measure that renders messages unreadable except to the sender and recipient. That type of technology is having “a dramatic impact on our cases, to the significant detriment of public safety,” Rosenstein said. Rosenstein’s remarks at Georgetown University Law Center’s Cybercrime Conference come amid the years-long “Going Dark” debate in which the public […]
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Apple is planning to create an online portal that will allow law enforcement officials around the world to request information about its users more easily. Continue reading Apple’s new tool will make it easier for law enforcement to request data
When Congress passed the Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data (CLOUD) Act, it amended the federal Stored Communications Act in a way that now requires internet companies including Verizon, AOL, Yahoo, Google and Facebook to produce records that belo… Continue reading Surveillance Sans Frontiers, Thanks to the Internet
The senate on Thursday gave the thumbs up to a bill that is the subject of both support by tech companies and critique by privacy groups. Continue reading Senate Gives Nod To Controversial Cross-Border Data Access Bill
Tech giants are worried about this case and what it will mean: will data stored on servers abroad become vulnerable to government grabs? Continue reading Microsoft still refusing to hand over private email data stored in Ireland