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• CDT: Cybersecurity bills raise major civil liberties concerns

  By Grant Gross | 05 April, 2012 04:02

  A group of cybersecurity bills that the U.S. Congress may soon vote on contain serious privacy and civil liberties flaws, with some of the bills allowing private companies to share a wide range of their customers' online communications with government agencies, the Center for Democracy and Technology said.

• Few tech issues will move in Congress for the rest of the year

  By Grant Gross | 14 March, 2012 05:52

  As the U.S. Congress begins to gear up for November's elections, several technology-related issues remain unresolved. Lawmakers have pushed in recent months for new cybersecurity legislation, online copyright enforcement provisions, new online privacy protections and an Internet sales tax, but progress will get tougher in the coming months.

• Republican senators introduce their own cybersecurity bill

  By Grant Gross | 02 March, 2012 07:34

  Seven senior Republicans in the U.S. Senate have introduced cybersecurity legislation after saying that an earlier bill would create costly regulations for businesses.

• Cybersecurity bill would create costly regulations, say critics

  By Grant Gross | 17 February, 2012 10:23

  Leaders in the U.S. Senate are trying to fast-track new cybersecurity legislation that will create costly new regulations for some businesses, some critics said Thursday.

• Senators push for privacy, data security legislation

  By Grant Gross | 30 June, 2011 04:41

  Democratic members of a Senate committee promised Wednesday to push hard for new online privacy protections and for legislation that would require companies to put security monitoring tools on their networks.

• Kerry, McCain introduced online privacy bill

  By Grant Gross | 13 April, 2011 06:04

  Two high-profile U.S. senators have introduced legislation designed to give consumers more control over what information about them is collected online, but privacy advocates said the bill will do little to curb wide-spread data-collection practices now in place.