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US seeks information on industry ability to hold bulk phone data |
February 10, 2014
The U.S. government has asked industry for information on whether commercially available services can provide a viable alternative to the government holding bulk phone records for a program of the National Security Agency.The government’s collection of bulk phone records under Section 215 of the Patriot Act has been at the center of a privacy controversy since June last year when former NSA contractor Edward Snowden revealed that the agency was collecting bulk telephony metadata in the U.S. from Verizon.In a review of NSA surveillance last month, U.S. President Barack Obama called for a new approach on telephony metadata that will “establish a mechanism that preserves the capabilities we need without the government holding this bulk metadata.” Obama said that a third party holding all the data in a single, consolidated database would be essentially doing what is a government function, and may not increase public confidence that its privacy is being protected.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2096040/us-seeks-information-on-industry-ability-to-hold-bulk-phone-data.html#tk.rss_all
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