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GOP revives ISP-tracking legislation

February 7, 2007 New "law and order agenda" proposes data retention requirements. Also, owners of racy Web sites would have to post labels or go to prison. TAGS: Internet provider, legislation, Bush Administration, Rep., telecommunications, agenda, Colorado, law, Republican, bill, Democrat, requirement, Internet Service Provider

Gonzales pressures ISPs on data retention

May 27, 2006 In private meeting at the DOJ, attorney general and FBI director pressure Internet providers to record their customers' activities. TAGS: Internet service, Internet provider, service provider, Bush Administration, record, Rep., Internet Service Provider, spokesman, idea

Gonzales: ISPs must keep records on users

September 20, 2006 Attorney general, other witnesses ask Congress to force Internet service providers to follow customers' activities. TAGS: Internet provider, legislation, Rep., Internet Service Provider, attorney general, senator, Bush Administration, Adobe PDF

Terrorism invoked in ISP snooping proposal

May 31, 2006 Attorney general said Internet providers must retain records of Americans' activities to help in terrorism fight, CNET News.com has learned. TAGS: terrorism, attorney general, Internet provider, telecommunications, proposal, Internet Service Provider, Time Warner Inc., Comcast Corp., activity, record, discussion, Google Inc.

Republican politico endorses data retention

May 5, 2006 Aide to House committee chairman expresses support for law prohibiting ISPs from deleting customer activity records. TAGS: Internet provider, aide, federal law, legislation, record, Republican, telecommunications, billing, Internet service, Internet Service Provider

Congress targets social-networking sites

June 29, 2006 Lawmakers have been trying to get ISPs to retain data on customers. Now Congress is turning to sites like MySpace. TAGS: MySpace, IP, IP address, Rep., Internet provider, Time Warner Inc., Democrat, Internet Service Provider

ISP snooping plans take backseat

May 18, 2006 Republican committee chair says he won't go ahead with proposal to require Net providers to store data on customers. TAGS: legislation, hosting company, proposal, Internet provider, Rep., service provider, Internet Service Provider, record, Internet service, chairman, Republican, e-mail

Congress may consider mandatory ISP snooping

April 29, 2006 House Democrat joins Bush administration in supporting a mandate that Net firms store records about consumers' activities. TAGS: amendment, Internet provider, Bush Administration, Internet Service Provider, record, Internet service, spokesman, service provider, Adobe PDF, DSL, U.S.

FBI director wants ISPs to track users

October 17, 2006 Robert Mueller becomes latest Bush administration official to call for ISPs to store customers' data. TAGS: legislation, Bush Administration, Rep., law enforcement, Internet Service Provider, Internet service, Internet provider, service provider, representative, record

Data retention bill expected next week

September 21, 2006 Proposal expected to require Internet providers to keep customer information for a year for police convenience. TAGS: Rep., legislation, Internet provider, proposal, Republican, Bush Administration, Colorado, telecommunications, service provider, Internet Service Provider, Internet service, chairman, Adobe PDF

Industry, others object to data retention

May 31, 2006 As feds begin talking about requiring ISPs and others to store data on customers, critics point to technical, security and privacy challenges. TAGS: Internet provider, Rep., telecommunications company, telecommunications, Internet Service Provider, security, Microsoft Corp., e-mail

Justice Department takes aim at image-sharing sites

March 2, 2007 Feds try during a private meeting to convince sites that allow photos or videos to be uploaded to monitor users, News.com has learned. TAGS: assistant attorney general, Internet provider, Bush Administration, proposal, police, terrorism, Internet Service Provider, brand, monitor, photograph, video

Week in review: Policing the Net

February 9, 2007 Some in Congress want to see ISPs track your online activities and report suspicious content to the authorities. TAGS: Steve Jobs, record company, Week in review, proposal, service provider, digital-rights management, reader, Internet provider, Internet service, Internet Service Provider, Apple Computer, children, bill, activity, letter, Apple iTunes

Politicos mull data retention by Web hosts, registrars

September 26, 2006 Broadening their inquiry beyond ISPs, they ponder mandates for storage of user records to aid child porn investigators. TAGS: Web hosting, hosting company, Web hosting company, general counsel, Internet Service Provider, Rep., Internet service, Internet provider, practice, domain name, Democrat, service provider, CEO, language, IP address, IP

Congress mulls slew of Net sex rules

June 27, 2006 A hearing on protecting children yields a dozen proposed laws including Web blocking, surveillance and "search and destroy bots." TAGS: Republican, Rep., Internet provider, bot, children, Democrat, Internet Service Provider, service provider, IP, monitoring, IP address, idea, Google Inc.

ISP snooping gaining support

April 14, 2006 Politicians embrace idea of requiring Net providers to record what subscribers do online. TAGS: crime, police, Internet provider, investigation, Internet Service Provider, U.S., idea, e-mail

Congressional confusion on Internet privacy

July 5, 2006 CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh examines why a Republican supporter of online privacy wants to force Net providers to snoop on what Americans do online. TAGS: Rep., online privacy, social security number, Social Security, law, Internet provider, Republican, Internet Service Provider
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