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Washington --- The Computer & Communications Industry Association sent a letter to House Judiciary Committee leaders ahead of their hearing on encryption Tuesday. In the letter, CCIA noted that wh...

Brussels -- The European Justice Commissioner, Věra Jourová, today presented the full details of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, the new framework for transatlantic commercial data flows.   The framew...

Washington - President Obama late yesterday signed an important bill into law which will extend some privacy rights to citizens of certain allied countries including European Union states.  Specifica...

Washington -- Today the White House announced its intent to nominate Dr. Carla Hayden as the next Librarian of Congress.  Dr. Hayden has helped the Pratt Library in Baltimore modernize its IT and cha...

Washington -- The FCC took a step toward changing the way customers access pay-TV service.  The Commission issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking aimed at opening up the set-top box market to competi...

Washington -- A federal magistrate judge sided today with the U.S. government in its request to require Apple to weaken the underlying security of a user’s smartphone to facilitate FBI access. The C...

Washington - Congress gave final approval on legislation that will give European citizens additional privacy protections after the House and Senate reconciled the Judicial Redress Act Wednesday evenin...

Washington -- Representatives Ted Lieu (D-CA) and Blake Farenthold (R-TX) introduced the ENCRYPT Act of 2016 today. The bill would prevent states from mandating or requesting weakened encryption, back...

Washington - European citizens are a step closer to additional privacy protections after the U.S. Senate unanimously passed the Judicial Redress Act Tuesday night. The measure would give citizens of s...

Brussels -- Negotiators announced a political agreement today on a new “Safe Harbour” framework that will allow for commercial data flows between Europe and the United States.  Commissioner Jouro...

Washington - The Senate Judiciary Committee today passed the Judicial Redress Act with a strong bipartisan vote, clearing the way for a vote by the full Senate. The measure gives Europeans the right t...

Washington -- Today the Department of Commerce Internet Policy Task Force released a long-awaited white paper on several areas of copyright reform: remixes, first sale, and statutory damages. The Com...