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Senator: Expect data privacy and patent law rewrite

December 13, 2006 Patrick Leahy, the new Judiciary Committee head, also promises increased oversight of the warrantless eavesdropping program. TAGS: Patrick Leahy, intellectual property, senator, patent, Democrat, law, chairman

Senator demands info on search engine subpoena

January 25, 2006 Patrick Leahy says he wants to know more about the Justice Department's request for search records. TAGS: Patrick Leahy, Child Online Protection Act, subpoena, department, senator, request, search engine, Time Warner Inc., Democrat, America Online Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Senators pledge scrutiny of federal data mining

January 10, 2007 Calling oversight of hundreds of oft-secret programs long overdue, Democrats say they'll reintroduce bills to monitor those projects. TAGS: data mining, Patrick Leahy, oversight, senator, agency, privacy, bill, Bush Administration, Democrat, monitor, database

Attorney general mum on spy program court orders

January 18, 2007 At Senate hearing, Gonzales casts doubt on whether more details will be publicly disclosed about administration's latest surveillance plans. TAGS: Patrick Leahy, Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, attorney general, order, agreement, Republican, letter, U.S.

Senator predicts 'overdue' changes to privacy

March 10, 2005 Democratic senator whose personal info was lost by Bank of America indicates time is right for reshaping privacy laws. TAGS: ChoicePoint Inc., Patrick Leahy, Bank of America Corp., senator, LexisNexis, risk management, Vermont, asset, Washington, Democrat

NSA telecom immunity still unsettled in Senate

November 16, 2007 Due to procedural oddity, question of whether to shield companies from suits alleging cooperation with the NSA won't be resolved until final floor vote. TAGS: immunity, Patrick Leahy, NSA, amendment, telecommunications, lawsuit, cooperation, telecommunications company, committee, Sen., aide, bill, Democrat, law, senator, AT&T Corp.

Data-security bill may move forward next week

September 30, 2005 Sweeping U.S. Senate measure to imprison those who cover up data breaches has been reintroduced and now awaits a vote. TAGS: Patrick Leahy, personally identifiable information, committee, data security, proposal, social security number, Democrat, Social Security, bill, security

Senate committee OKs bills on personal data breaches

May 3, 2007 Overlapping measures prescribe new rules for government agencies and private firms that experience break-ins. Will they become law? TAGS: Patrick Leahy, bill, information security, credit card, agency

Senators demand more regulations on Net pharmacies

May 16, 2007 Politicians mull forcing ISPs to block "rogue" pharmacies or monitoring customers' Web traffic to block ads. TAGS: pharmacy, Patrick Leahy, federal law, drug, regulation, legislation, senator, doctor, attorney general, bill, law, service provider, Internet service, Internet Service Provider, U.S.

Senators press for details of NSA spying

February 28, 2006 A prominent Senate Democrat says President Bush seems to think there's "no place" for judicial or congressional oversight. TAGS: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, Patrick Leahy, NSA, Orrin Hatch, legality, senator, administration, Democrat, Sen., Republican, president, U.S.

Patriot Act critics propose temporary extension

December 13, 2005 As expiration date looms, Democrats and three Republicans oppose an expansion and support a brief renewal. TAGS: USA PATRIOT Act, Patrick Leahy, Republican, John Sununu, Democrat, expansion, Michigan, Sen., law, extension, conference

Congress rethinks the Real ID Act

May 8, 2007 More and more states bristle at the digital ID card rules, but opponents still face an uphill battle. TAGS: Real ID Act, Patrick Leahy, ID card, homeland security, Idaho, Montana, Wisconsin, Sen., state, bank

Gates urges federal data privacy law

March 8, 2007 Capping his visit to the nation's capital, Microsoft's chairman speaks about importance of balancing privacy concerns with data collection. TAGS: Bill Gates, Patrick Leahy, chairman, law, Microsoft Corp., security

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, security, person, e-mail

Anti-P2P lawmaker gets top Senate spot

March 17, 2005 Sen. Orrin Hatch once suggested that music pirates' PCs be destroyed. Now he's head of the panel writing copyright laws. TAGS: Orrin Hatch, anti-P2P, Induce Act, subcommittee, Patrick Leahy, Sen., copyright law, RIAA, chairman, Napster Inc., PC

FBI grapples with out-of-date computers

July 14, 2006 Managerial blunders and financial indiscretions mire efforts to modernize the agency's computer systems. TAGS: bureau, agency, Patrick Leahy, Sen., project, information technology

Senators won't take away FBI surveillance power

March 21, 2007 Top Democrats and Republicans say they prefer oversight, rather than repealing part of Patriot Act used by FBI for illegal monitoring. TAGS: USA PATRIOT Act, Patrick Leahy, oversight, senator, Sen., agent, Republican, Democrat, power

Data breach bills resurface in Congress

February 7, 2007 Two bills take different approaches toward the tricky concept of how to regulate what happens if a company has a data leak. TAGS: security breach, Computer Fraud, Patrick Leahy, breach, bill, proposal, senator, agency, security

Senators urge international copyright crackdown

May 25, 2005 Russia and China are top offenders, two senators say. And they want the Bush administration to ratchet up the pressure. TAGS: World Trade Organization, Orrin Hatch, Russia, China, Patrick Leahy, senator, copyright law, Bush Administration, U.S.

Congress applauds file-sharing ruling

June 27, 2005 There's no sign of a desire in Congress to overturn the Supreme Court's decision in key file-swapping case. TAGS: Grokster Ltd., Induce Act, Patrick Leahy, court, politician, spokeswoman, file-swapping, copyright law, Rep., senator, decision, Republican, Democrat, file-sharing, P2P
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