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Matt Sledge

Senator 'Extremely Concerned' Over FBI Surveillance

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 05.09.2013 | Politics

NEW YORK -- Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.) said Thursday he was "extremely concerned" over revelations that the FBI continues to believe it can conduct war...

Matt Sledge

Senator Blasts IRS Email Snooping

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 04.11.2013 | Politics

NEW YORK -- A civil liberties-minded senator from Colorado is hitting the IRS over its claim that it doesn't need a warrant to read emails in its sear...

Matt Sledge

The IRS Thinks It Doesn't Need A Warrant To Read Your Email

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 04.11.2013 | Politics

NEW YORK -- IRS documents released Wednesday suggest that the tax collection agency believes it can read American citizens' emails without a warrant. ...

Matt Sledge

Senators Introduce Bipartisan Email Privacy Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 03.19.2013 | Technology

NEW YORK -- Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) introduced legislation to strengthen email privacy protections on Tuesday, giving bipart...

Matt Sledge

Lawmakers Introduce New Online Privacy Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 03.07.2013 | Politics

NEW YORK -- A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the House of Representatives introduced a bill on Wednesday to force the FBI to get a warrant before it...

Matt Sledge

Federal Judge Puts A Price On Privacy

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 03.04.2013 | Politics

NEW HAVEN -- Privacy has a price. For Chief Judge Alex Kozinski of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, it comes out to $2,400 a year. Kozinski, who...

Matt Sledge

Twitter Warns Of Government 'Chilling Effect'

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 01.29.2013 | Technology

Twitter's second transparency report, released Tuesday, documents government requests for users' information. The results will surprise no one who has...

The Internet Association Celebrates 2013 Data Privacy Day, Urges 113th Congress to Pass Electronic Privacy Reform

Michael Beckerman | Posted 03.30.2013 | Technology
Michael Beckerman

Did you know that a law written before email was commercially available governs the way the government can access your data online?

Matt Sledge

Microsoft Won't Say Whether Skype Is Tapped

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 01.24.2013 | Technology

Privacy advocates are calling on Microsoft to disclose whether -- and how often -- governments are snooping on Skype users, a move that comes as the s...

Google Transparency Report Reactions

Matt Sledge | Posted 03.26.2013 | Technology
Matt Sledge

Bloggers and privacy advocates are responding to Google's latest Transparency Report -- the first to break down how often it receives subpoenas as opp...

Warrant Requirement Past Due for Cell Phone Tracking

Leslie Harris | Posted 06.03.2012 | Technology
Leslie Harris

The ACLU notes that nearly all of the more than 200 police departments in their report said that they track cell phones; however, only a fraction of those departments get a warrant from a judge.