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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.
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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.
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The Real ID rebellion
April 17, 2006
Americans don't like mandatory digital ID cards, CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh says. New Hampshire is leading the revolt.
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Qwest calls for mandatory data retention laws
August 22, 2006
Broadband provider becomes first to embrace federal proposal to keep track of what its own customers are doing online.
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Net access tax compromise: A short extension?
July 26, 2007
A temporary extension of the Internet access tax restrictions seems likely, but what about the idea of making the tax ban permanent?
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Panel: Don't rush into new data security laws
July 22, 2005
Lawyers, academics and former federal officials question urgency of enacting broad-based national rules now pending in Congress.
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Yahoo on NSA surveillance: No comment
February 15, 2006
California politician tries to get Yahoo's lawyer to say whether company is cooperating with a domestic spying program.
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Politicos wary of changes to copyright law
November 16, 2005
Fearing piracy, they're reluctant to rewrite laws so people can, for legal purposes, bypass copy protection on goods like CDs.
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Reforming the Net campaign reformers
September 26, 2005
Political speech took a heavy blow from McCain-Feingold. News.com's Declan McCullagh says Congress should lighten up.
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House Democrats take aim at FCC practices
March 14, 2007
Politicians question commissioners' views on topics ranging from the AT&T-BellSouth merger to the NSA spy program and Net neutrality.
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Congress looks askance at firms that bow to China
January 13, 2006
U.S. politicians vow to punish companies such as Microsoft, Yahoo, believed to cooperate with China censorship.
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Congress: P2P networks harm national security
July 24, 2007
House of Representatives panel chairman says peer-to-peer networks pose a "national security threat," new laws needed.
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Qwest on data retention laws: Oops
August 23, 2006
Broadband provider says its chief privacy officer misspoke when endorsing federal laws mandating data retention.
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Gonzales urges speedy vote on Patriot Act
December 14, 2005
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, Republicans step up campaign calling for four-year renewal of the controversial law.
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Daylight-saving change could confuse gadgets
August 8, 2005
President Bush has signed a law changing daylight-saving time in 2007, raising the possibility of glitches in PCs and electronic gear.
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ChoicePoint: We're sorry for data leak
March 15, 2005
The data broker apologizes for exposing 145,000 Americans to ID fraud at a congressional hearing into the need for new data-protection laws.
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Politicians weigh renewal of Net access tax ban
May 22, 2007
State governments say they want to be able to levy new taxes on access and oppose an unfettered extension of the federal ban that expires this fall.
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Congress urged to better protect phone records
February 1, 2006
Lawmakers say additional laws are needed to prevent phone records from ending up in the hands of data thieves.
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House vote targets false IRS Web sites, e-mails
April 18, 2007
Politicians target Web sites like IRS.com, which they say are misleading.
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Can Congress be trusted to secure data?
April 3, 2006
CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh explains why Washington is hell-bent on a data breach law that could lead to a train wreck.
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