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Submission + - Everything You Need To Know About The Big New Data-Privacy Bill In Congress

erier2003 writes: The United States and the European Union have agreed to a transatlantic data-sharing arrangement to protect U.S. companies' overseas activities and European citizens' privacy, but another initiative—one that's still working its way through Congress—could be just important to U.S.–E.U. relations and transnational privacy rights.

The Judicial Redress Act is considered essential to a broader agreement between the U.S. and Europe over the sharing of data in criminal and terrorism investigations. The negotiations over the newly announced E.U.–U.S. Privacy Shield may have received more attention, but the concerns at the heart of this bill are no less important.

Submission + - What Congress' new email-privacy bill means for your inbox

erier2003 writes: The Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act has a simple and vital purpose: making it harder for the government to get your email, instant messages, and Facebook chats. It amends a decades-old law to require government agencies to get a warrant to access the contents of any email or other electronic record—no matter how old those communications are. Sen. Mike Lee, one of the bill's cosponsors, told the Daily Dot why it matters.

Submission + - After a year of police action, dark net black markets see 37% annual growth (dailydot.com)

Patrick O'Neill writes: Even as police around the world continue to pressure and take down numerous dark net markets, the industry grew 37% by product listings in the last year. Two of the biggest markets ever are gone--Silk Road 2.0 fell to US police and Evolution stole its customers' cash--but, as usual, new markets have filled in the void with haste. This is the fourth straight year of big growth here since the creation of Silk Road in 2011.

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