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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., agenda, telecommunications, Colorado, Republican, bill, law, requirement, Democrat, Internet Service Provider

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, Internet provider, social security number, law, Social Security, Republican, Internet Service Provider

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. TAGS: Real ID Act, New Hampshire, ID card, independence, RFID, Rep., state, Governor, law

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. TAGS: Qwest Communications Inc., Rep., legislation, broadband provider, Internet provider, Colorado, law, broadband, Bush Administration, DSL

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? TAGS: ban, moratorium, Rep., tax, Internet access, bill, extension, law, DSL, idea

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. TAGS: Marc Rotenberg, data security, Sen., Rep., legislation, incentive, law, lawyer, security

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. TAGS: Brad Sherman, NSA, Yahoo! Inc., lawyer, Rep., sheriff, general counsel, law, Los Angeles, Democrat, California, e-mail

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. TAGS: copy protection, DMCA, copyright law, Rick Boucher, Rep., piracy, law, Republican, purpose, work, CD, DVD

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. TAGS: politician, Rep., restriction, First Amendment, Democrat, law, finance, Republican

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. TAGS: Net Neutrality, NSA, Rep., chairman, Democrat, BellSouth Corp., telecommunications, AT&T Corp., law, agreement, TV

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. TAGS: Borders Books & Music, China, censorship, Cisco Systems Inc., law, Rep., Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., U.S., router, Microsoft Corp.

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. TAGS: national security, P2P, copyright law, politician, chairman, Rep., LimeWire, law, document

Qwest on data retention laws: Oops

August 23, 2006 Broadband provider says its chief privacy officer misspoke when endorsing federal laws mandating data retention. TAGS: Qwest Communications Inc., legislation, Colorado, panel discussion, chief privacy officer, broadband provider, Internet provider, Rep., record, law, DSL, Adobe PDF

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. TAGS: USA PATRIOT Act, Wisconsin, Republican, Electronic Privacy Information Center, vote, law, conference, Rep., Sen., Democrat, Adobe PDF, document

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. TAGS: Y2K, Rep., glitch, clock, eBay Inc., law, president, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

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. TAGS: ChoicePoint Inc., identity fraud, social security number, LexisNexis, Social Security, data protection, sale, law, Rep., asset, security, CEO

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. TAGS: ban, moratorium, tax, politician, Internet access, Rep., economist, law, government, Democrat, DSL

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. TAGS: pretexting, witness, Rep., law, sale, chairman, MP3

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, Rep., agency, tax, law, phishing, e-mail

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. TAGS: legislator, debit card, Washington, notification, EMC Corp., Rep., bill, law, state, California, idea
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