Bill Introduced to Let Companies Report More Details on Surveillance Requests
Legislation to let companies publicly estimate the number of surveillance orders they receive from agencies under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and national security letters was introduced by Reps. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., and Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah. Known as the Surveillance…
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Order Reporting Act, the legislation introduced Tuesday may “shed light on the breadth of overreaching government surveillance programs,” Lofgren and Chaffetz said in a joint news release. Companies' inability to disclose basic information about the requests they receive “impedes informed public debate, undermines user trust in Internet services, and has led to strained relationships between U.S. companies and international business partners,” the release said. Internet and telecom companies would be able to report an estimated number of surveillance orders received, orders complied with and, rounded to the nearest 100, the number of users and accounts information requested or provided on.