Washington — A discussion draft of Senators Feinstein and Burr’s long-awaited encryption access bill was released late Thursday night. The “Compliance with Court Orders Act of 2016” purports to require that digital service providers produce “intelligible data” in response to government demands pursuant to a court order, or provide “technical assistance” to achieve that end.…
Washington — The Computer & Communications Industry Association joined an open letter with experts, companies, and organizations in more than 35 countries that asks world leaders to support strong encryption and to reject any law, policy, or mandate that would undermine digital security. Governments in France, India, China, the U.K. and U.S. are among those…
Washington — The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) (S. 754) is again due for consideration in the Senate in the coming weeks. The bill primarily aims to facilitate the timely sharing of cyber threat indicators between and among the private sector and government, with the goal of improving overall domestic Internet and infrastructure security. The…
Washington — At a Capitol Hill briefing co-hosted by the Computer & Communications Industry Association and the Software & Information Industry Association yesterday, Senators Orrin Hatch and Chris Murphy strongly called for the passage of the Judicial Redress Act. In his opening remarks, Sen. Hatch, R-Utah, said that passage of the bill was an…
Brussels/Washington DC — EU and U.S. officials have reportedly reached an agreement on transatlantic data transfers. Today’s signing of the so-called “umbrella agreement” comes after four years of negotiations on how Europe and the U.S. can share data for law enforcement purposes. But it will not take effect until approved by the European Parliament, which…
Washington — The Computer & Communications Industry Association joined civil rights and free speech advocates in a letter expressing concern that broad language in a provision in the Senate version of the Intelligence Authorization Act of 2015. The provision would require online communications services to report potential terrorist activity, and could subject many innocent people…
Brussels — U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker met in Brussels Thursday with Vera Jourova, European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality to revitalise negotiations on a framework for commercial data transfers. More than 3,000 European and U.S. companies use the 15 year old Safe Harbour framework for commercial data transfers. Safe Harbour certification is…
Washington — In the next couple of weeks, the House Judiciary Committee will likely markup the Email Privacy Act, the leading bill aimed at reforming the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA). ECPA governs the circumstances under which online service providers may disclose the contents of communications or customer records to the government. CCIA strongly supports…