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Senators Demand That Big Tech Releases Encrypted Data To Law Enforcement

Senators Demand That Big Tech Releases Encrypted Data To Law Enforcement
Senators Demand That Big Tech Releases Encrypted Data To Law Enforcement
December 11, 2019  |  Legal & Regulation

U.S. senators went head to head with executives of Apple and Facebook on Tuesday (Dec. 10) over the companies’ decision to use encryption technology, according...

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Lawmakers Question Facebook’s Location Tracking Practices
Lawmakers Question Facebook’s Location Tracking Practices
November 19, 2019  |  Facebook / Meta

Two senators, Josh Hawley of Missouri and Chris Coons of Delaware, have written a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg regarding Facebook’s ability to track...

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Citing Security, Senators Advise White House To Hire 5G Head
Citing Security, Senators Advise White House To Hire 5G Head
November 19, 2019  |  News

A letter from a bipartisan Senate panel to National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien calls on the White House to appoint someone to lead 5G adoption, The...

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US Senators Want Probe Into TikTok’s ‘Counterintelligence Threat’
US Senators Want Probe Into TikTok’s ‘Counterintelligence Threat’
October 24, 2019  |  Cross-border Payments

Two U.S. senators, Sen. Charles Schumer and Sen. Tom Cotton, have asked Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire to look into super popular video-sharing...

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Pro-Pot SAFE Banking Act Hits Roadblock In US Senate
Pro-Pot SAFE Banking Act Hits Roadblock In US Senate
July 23, 2019  |  Bank Regulation

Among the main stories in payments in recent months has been the increasing push to reform federal banking laws so that legal cannabis retailers can...

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After (And Among) The Libra Headlines, Caution And Clamor
After (And Among) The Libra Headlines, Caution And Clamor
June 24, 2019  |  Cryptocurrency

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Senate Hearing Grills Equifax, Marriott CEOs On Data Breaches
Senate Hearing Grills Equifax, Marriott CEOs On Data Breaches
March 07, 2019  |  Fraud Prevention

Data privacy and security is becoming a popular political issue, and the latest proof of that came Thursday (March 7) on Capitol Hill. Get the...

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Democrats Introduce Credit Freeze Bill In Response To Equifax Leak
Democrats Introduce Credit Freeze Bill In Response To Equifax Leak
September 15, 2017  |  CFPB

After the Equifax data breach that exposed the personal information of around 143 million consumers, Democrats have introduced a bill to give consumers the ability...

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