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House Passes Surveillance Law Renewal, Senate Facing Tight Deadline
The US House of Representatives approved a 3-year renewal of a key surveillance law, Section 702 of FISA, on April 29, 2026. The Senate must now act before the program expires.
#FISA702, #SurveillanceLaw, #CongressVote, #NationalSecurity, #CivilLiberties
https://newsletter.tf/house-renews-surveillance-law-for-3-years-senate-deadline/
The House voted to extend a crucial U.S. surveillance program for three years on April 29, 2026. This is a shorter renewal than some officials wanted, but longer than a temporary 10-day extension passed earlier.
#FISA702, #SurveillanceLaw, #CongressVote, #NationalSecurity, #CivilLiberties
https://newsletter.tf/house-renews-surveillance-law-for-3-years-senate-deadline/
Congress Extends Surveillance Law Amid Renewed Scrutiny
Congress has given itself a 45-day reprieve, extending a contentious surveillance law that's raised alarm bells over its potential for abuse, despite revelations of major compliance problems. The law, Section 702, allows for warrantless snooping on foreign targets, but critics worry about its impact on civil liberties.
#Section702 #SurveillanceLaw #ForeignIntelligenceSurveillanceAct #Fisa #NationalSecurity
Section 702 Surveillance Law Faces Looming Expiration Amid Discord
Congress rewrote Section 702 surveillance law with 56 changes in 2024, but now faces a renewal crisis as the statute nears expiration, with supporters and critics at odds over the very data that should guide its future. With the law set to expire, lawmakers must navigate a bitter debate with no shared factual baseline.
#Section702 #SurveillanceLaw #NationalSecurity #Government #Legislation
House Votes Brief Extension on Surveillance Measure
The US House of Representatives voted for a 10-day extension of the FISA surveillance law on April 17, 2026, as lawmakers continue to debate its future.
#FISAextension, #SurveillanceLaw, #HouseVote, #NationalSecurity, #PrivacyDebate
https://newsletter.tf/house-votes-10-day-extension-on-fisa-law/
The US House of Representatives has given a 10-day extension to the FISA surveillance law. This is the second short-term extension in two weeks.
#FISAextension, #SurveillanceLaw, #HouseVote, #NationalSecurity, #PrivacyDebate
https://newsletter.tf/house-votes-10-day-extension-on-fisa-law/
Stop using Zoom, Hamburg’s DPA warns state government - Hamburg’s state government has been formally warned against using Zoom over data p... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/beynhKeen7I/ #generaldataprotectionregulation #eu-usprivacyshield #europeancommission #videoconferencing #surveillancelaw #dataprotection #digitalrights #europeanunion #datasecurity #personaldata #unitedstates #government #schremsii #dataport #privacy #hamburg #europe #zoom
Nym gets $6M for its anonymous overlay mixnet to sell privacy as a service - Switzerland-based privacy startup Nym Technologies has raised $6 million, which is... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/bcTDNLBLrWE/ #privacytechnology #polychaincapital #machinelearning #surveillancelaw #cryptocurrency #cloudservices #europeanunion #cryptography #binancelabs #blockchain #encryption #privacy #routing #snowden #europe #aws #p2p #tor #vpn #tc
Dutch court will hear another Facebook privacy lawsuit - Privacy litigation that’s being brought against Facebook by two not-for-profits in... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/sIFcCXjhxgs/ #generaldataprotectionregulation #dataprotectioncommission #surveillancelaw #dataprotection #digitalrights #europeanunion #humanrights #netherlands #maxschrems #amsterdam #facebook #lawsuit #privacy #austria #germany #ireland #europe #vienna #noyb
UK gets data flows deal from EU — for now - The UK’s digital businesses can breathe a sign of relief today as the European Com... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/jIBUs4AQ0A8/ #generaldataprotectionregulation #europeandataprotectionboard #europeancourtofhumanrights #europeancommission #surveillancelaw #datacontroller #dataprotection #europeanunion #unitedkingdom #datasecurity #oliverdowden #personaldata #ukgovernment #unitedstates #encryption #privacy #europe #policy
EU puts out final guidance on data transfers to third countries - The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) published its final recommendations yest... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/x_3ogImH-4I/ #generaldataprotectionregulation #europeandataprotectionboard #eu-usprivacyshield #surveillancelaw #datacontroller #dataprotection #lawenforcement #andreajelinek #edwardsnowden #europeanunion #unitedkingdom #datasecurity #unitedstates #linklaters #maxschrems #schremsii #facebook
EU bodies’ use of US cloud services from AWS, Microsoft being probed by bloc’s privacy chief - Europe’s lead data protection regulator has opened two investigations into EU inst... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/G5m5wCJWLXE/ #europeandataprotectionboard #wojciechwiewiórowski #eu-usprivacyshield #europeancommission #dataprotectionlaw #surveillancelaw #dataprotection #cloudservices #europeanunion #datasecurity #unitedstates #maxschrems #microsoft #facebook #privacy
European Parliament amps up pressure on EU-US data flows and GDPR enforcement - European Union lawmakers are facing further pressure to step in and do something a... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/QRRiPAeVUdg/ #generaldataprotectionregulation #europeandataprotectionboard #dataprotectioncommission #eu-usprivacyshield #europeanparliament #surveillancelaw #dataprotection #europeanunion #unitedkingdom #datasecurity #unitedstates #datamining #encryption #maxschrems #safeharbor
No quick fix for transatlantic data transfers, says EC - Europe’s justice commissioner has conceded there will be “no quick fix” for EU-US data transfers in ... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/bnME28gwN_Y/ #surveillancelaw #datatransfers #privacyshield #maxschrems #lawsuit #privacy #europe #policy #edpb #gdpr
