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Advocates: Change 25-year-old privacy law
Advocacy groups like TechFreedom and the Center for Democracy and Technology want the 25-year-old Electronic Communications Privacy Act to reflect new changes in technology.
Full StoryBipartisan support for update of 1986 privacy law
Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Mark Kirk, R-Ill., support a bipartisan privacy bill that, among other things, would prevent police from tracking your cell phone or GPS without a warrant.
Inadequate risk assessment plan for new Md. Army facility causes community concern
‘The community didn’t have a choice in the labs coming here, but the community has a right to understand how federal agencies are defining an acceptable risk’
New biodefense lab risk plans don’t make the grade, review says
Current plans for risk assessment of a new biodefense laboratory at Fort Detrick in Maryland aren’t stringent enough, according to a government-ordered study. The facility will be used for conducting vaccine and drug research to protect against outbreaks of diseases such anthrax, encephalitis, plague and Ebola.
