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National Data Breach Laws Move Through Senate
A national data breach law got closer to passage this week. The Senate Judiciary Committee approved two bills Thursday that address data security and breach notification, according to Government Information Security . The legislation was drafted in response to the plague of data thefts that have occurred over the last few years.
Continue reading »Anti-filesharing laws revive crypto fears for spooks
Blinded by Mandy The UK’s intelligence and law enforcement agencies fear the government’s anti-illegal filesharing plans will lead to a rise in encryption, scuppering their own efforts to monitor the internet, it’s claimed today.… ?
Continue reading »Huawei pours cold water on Oz spy probe reports
Says embassy contact normal if you are Huawei from home Chinese networking equipment maker Huawei has denied reports that Australian security agencies are investigating its business.…
Continue reading »Group Plans Lawsuit To Unveil the CIA’s Pentagon Papers
The CIA and other agencies are sitting on a trove of documentary evidence of actual and suspected wrongdoing under the Bush administration, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation plans to file a lawsuit Wednesday to force the intelligence community to come clean, the group says. At issue are the misconduct reports the spy agencies are required to file with the Intelligence Oversight Board, a board of private citizens with security clearances who oversee the spy agencies and report to the president. The board is tasked with evaluating the self-reported malfeasances of intelligence agencies, looking at the agencies’ responses, and forwarding on the worst to the attorney general when it believes criminal prosecution is called for.
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