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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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FBI grapples with out-of-date computers
July 14, 2006
Managerial blunders and financial indiscretions mire efforts to modernize the agency's computer systems.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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