BSA, CCIA, CTA, IA Among Those Commending House and Senate Privacy Legislation
Technology, business and manufacturing associations commended House members' reintroducing the International Communications Privacy Act (HR-3718). BSA|The Software Alliance, the Computer and Communications Industry Association, CompTIA, CTA, the Internet Association, the U.S Chamber of Commerce and others said the bill, introduced…
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Sept. 8, strikes "a delicate balance between citizens’ inviolable privacy rights and the law enforcement community’s imperatives for gathering evidence in support of legitimate criminal investigations." They said the bill reinforces that law enforcement must get a warrant to gain access to U.S. persons' electronic content, provides certainty on getting information from foreign nationals and establishes a multilateral framework for processing law enforcement requests for information. The letter was addressed to Reps. Doug Collins, R-Ga., the bill's sponsor; co-sponsors Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., Suzan DelBene, D-Wash.; and House Judiciary Courts, IP and Internet Subcommittee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif. The coalition also commended companion legislation in the Senate (S-1671).