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NSA cooperation: OK for e-mail, IM companies?

October 22, 2007 White House wanted immunity for phone companies over possible cooperation with NSA, but new bill also would shield e-mail, IM providers. TAGS: NSA, cooperation, immunity, lawsuit, e-mail company, bill, IM, law, AT&T Corp., telecommunications, service provider, president, Adobe PDF, e-mail, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc.

FAQ: How far does the new wiretap law go?

August 6, 2007 Protect America Act signed Sunday temporarily makes it easier for the feds to eavesdrop on calls and e-mail. But what are the privacy impacts? TAGS: NSA, vote, law, George W. Bush, Democrat, FAQ, town, Bush Administration, bill, power, U.S., e-mail

Why we've finally canned spam

December 16, 2003 U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Conrad Burns say critics overlook the real impact that the law they wrote will have in the reduction of unwanted e-mail. TAGS: spammer, CAN-SPAM Act, bill, David Berlind, spam, critic, law, legislation, mechanism, Internet service, attorney, Internet Service Provider, U.S., service provider, e-mail

House vote targets false IRS Web sites, e-mails

April 18, 2007 Politicians target Web sites like IRS.com, which they say are misleading. TAGS: bill, symbol, tax, Rep., law, agency, phishing, e-mail

Lawmaker tones down anti-Gmail bill

May 26, 2004 The changes are seen as a win for Google, since the new bill omits a provision that would have been difficult or impossible for the search giant to meet. TAGS: Liz Figueroa, Gmail, bill, lawmaker, provision, Google Inc., IM, law, e-mail, California, message

House passes antispam bill

November 22, 2003 The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approves antispam legislation that could end more than six years of failed attempts to create a federal law restricting unsolicited commercial e-... TAGS: antispam bill, anti-spam, CAN-SPAM Act, federal law, bill, law, legislator, junk e-mail, recipient, measure, attempt, e-mail, California

The coming Web security woes

July 4, 2005 CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh asks whether proposed data security laws cause more harm than good. TAGS: Patrick Leahy, data security, mailing list, Web security, identity fraud, law, bill, e-mail address, person, security, e-mail

Bad laws, bad code, bad behavior

May 10, 2004 CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh explains why laws regulating technology often invoke an even more powerful rule: the law of uninintended consequences. TAGS: Mary Bono, bill, P2P, politician, law, rule, IM, spyware, e-mail

Season over for 'phishing'?

July 15, 2004 President Bush has signed into law a bill that mandates minimum sentences for ID fraudsters, including Net-reliant "phishers." TAGS: identity fraud, phishing, Social Security, identity theft, crime, social security number, victim, bank, bill, law, president, e-mail

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