Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights, and TrademarksPublisher:
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Category : Privacy, Right of
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Oversight on Communications Privacy
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights, and TrademarksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Privacy, Right of
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Oversight on Communications Privacy
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights, and TrademarksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Privacy, Right of
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Report on the Surveillance Program Operated Pursuant to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
Author: Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight BoardPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781500601003
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
This report, issued by the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, examines the collection of electronic communications under Section 702, and provides analysis and recommendations regarding the program's implementation. Section 702 has its roots in the President's Surveillance Program developed in the immediate aftermath of the September 11th attacks. The Section 702 program is extremely complex, involving multiple agencies, collecting multiple types of information, for multiple purposes. Although U.S. persons may not be targeted under Section 702, communications of or concerning U.S. persons may be acquired in a variety of ways. An example is when a U.S. person communicates with a non-U.S. person who has been targeted, resulting in what is termed "incidental" collection. Another example is when two non-U.S. persons discuss a U.S. person. Communications of or concerning U.S. persons that are acquired in these ways may be retained and used by the government, subject to applicable rules and requirements. The communications of U.S. persons may also be collected by mistake, as when a U.S. person is erroneously targeted or in the event of a technological malfunction, resulting in "inadvertent" collection. Overall, the Board has found that the information the program collects has been valuable and effective in protecting the nation's security and producing useful foreign intelligence.
Protecting Individual Privacy in the Struggle Against Terrorists
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309124883
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
All U.S. agencies with counterterrorism programs that collect or "mine" personal data-such as phone records or Web sites visited-should be required to evaluate the programs' effectiveness, lawfulness, and impacts on privacy. A framework is offered that agencies can use to evaluate such information-based programs, both classified and unclassified. The book urges Congress to re-examine existing privacy law to assess how privacy can be protected in current and future programs and recommends that any individuals harmed by violations of privacy be given a meaningful form of redress. Two specific technologies are examined: data mining and behavioral surveillance. Regarding data mining, the book concludes that although these methods have been useful in the private sector for spotting consumer fraud, they are less helpful for counterterrorism because so little is known about what patterns indicate terrorist activity. Regarding behavioral surveillance in a counterterrorist context, the book concludes that although research and development on certain aspects of this topic are warranted, there is no scientific consensus on whether these techniques are ready for operational use at all in counterterrorism.
Searching and Seizing Computers and Obtaining Electronic Evidence in Criminal Investigations
Author: Orin S. KerrPublisher:
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Category : Computer crimes
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Responsible Research
Author: Institute of MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309084881
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
When 18-year-old Jesse Gelsinger died in a gene transfer study at the University of Pennsylvania, the national spotlight focused on the procedures used to ensure research participants' safety and their capacity to safeguard the well-being of those who volunteer for research studies. Responsible Research outlines a three-pronged approach to ensure the protection of every participant through the establishment of effective Human Research Participant Protection Programs (HRPPPs). The approach includes: Improved research review processes, Recognition and integration of research participants' contributions to the system, and Vigilant maintenance of HRPPP performance. Issues addressed in the book include the need for in-depth, complimentary reviews of science, ethics, and conflict of interest reviews; desired qualifications for investigators and reviewers; the process of informed consent; federal and institutional oversight; and the role of accreditation. Recommendations for areas of key interest include suggestions for legislative approaches, compensation for research-related injury, and the refocusing of the mission of institutional review boards. Responsible Research will be important to anyone interested in the issues that are relevant to the practice of using human subjects as research participants, but especially so to policy makers, research administrators, investigators, and research sponsorsâ€"but also including volunteers who may agree to serve as research participants.
Privacy: an Overview of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act
Author: Charles DoylePublisher: Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN: 9781481063838
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
This report provides an overview of federal law governing wiretapping and electronic eavesdropping under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA). It also appends citations to state law in the area and the text of ECPA. It is a federal crime to wiretap or to use a machine to capture the communications of others without court approval, unless one of the parties has given his prior consent. It is likewise a federal crime to use or disclose any information acquired by illegal wiretapping or electronic eavesdropping. Violations can result in imprisonment for not more than five years; fines up to $250,000 (up to $500,000 for organizations); civil liability for damages, attorneys' fees and possibly punitive damages; disciplinary action against any attorneys involved; and suppression of any derivative evidence. Congress has created separate, but comparable, protective schemes for electronic communications (e.g., email) and against the surreptitious use of telephone call monitoring practices such as pen registers and trap and trace devices. Each of these protective schemes comes with a procedural mechanism to afford limited law enforcement access to private communications and communications records under conditions consistent with the dictates of the Fourth Amendment. The government has been given narrowly confined authority to engage in electronic surveillance, conduct physical searches, and install and use pen registers and trap and trace devices for law enforcement purposes under ECPA and for purposes of foreign intelligence gathering under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
Activity Report of the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the U.S. House of Representatives ... Together with Dissenting Views
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and CommercePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Energy policy
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Report on the Activities of the Committee on the Judiciary of the United States Senate During the ... Congress
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on AppropriationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Administrative agencies
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Protecting Individual Privacy in the Struggle Against Terrorists
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309134447
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
All U.S. agencies with counterterrorism programs that collect or "mine" personal data-such as phone records or Web sites visited-should be required to evaluate the programs' effectiveness, lawfulness, and impacts on privacy. A framework is offered that agencies can use to evaluate such information-based programs, both classified and unclassified. The book urges Congress to re-examine existing privacy law to assess how privacy can be protected in current and future programs and recommends that any individuals harmed by violations of privacy be given a meaningful form of redress. Two specific technologies are examined: data mining and behavioral surveillance. Regarding data mining, the book concludes that although these methods have been useful in the private sector for spotting consumer fraud, they are less helpful for counterterrorism because so little is known about what patterns indicate terrorist activity. Regarding behavioral surveillance in a counterterrorist context, the book concludes that although research and development on certain aspects of this topic are warranted, there is no scientific consensus on whether these techniques are ready for operational use at all in counterterrorism.