CSO Online – Despite the relaxing of restrictions on Internet companies receiving government requests for data, the Obama administration and Congress need to go much further in aligning spying operations with privacy rights, advocates say.
The Justice Department introduced Monday new rules that tech companies must follow in reporting the number and type of information requests received by the government. While the rules give companies more leeway in so-called transparency reporting, they are not a replacement for a much-needed comprehensive policy for collecting, storing and mining data related to national security, privacy advocates said.
