1. BIS Eliminates Reporting Requirements for Certain Encryption Items
Effective March 29, 2021, BIS eliminated or reduced reporting requirements for certain encryption items. For encryption source code and beta test software that is made publicly available, companies will no longer have to notify BIS unless the cryptography used is “non-standard.” Only source code that implements proprietary or unpublished encryption must be reported to the U.S. government before release from control under the Export Administration regulations. Additionally, most “mass market” encryption products will no longer be subject to annual reporting requirements. Certain mass-market items that previously required a formal classification request to BIS before they could be exported now can be exported after self-classification but remain subject to annual reporting requirements. This action may significantly reduce the reporting obligation for software companies that produce and export these encrypti
20 senators push bipartisan proposal to stop sale of data to law enforcement and intel agencies Follow Us
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Updated: 1:04 p.m. on Wednesday, April 21, 2021
A bipartisan coalition of 20 senators proposed new data privacy legislation on Wednesday designed to prevent the sale of American users’ data to law enforcement and intelligence agencies.
The “Fourth Amendment is Not for Sale Act” aims to close what the lawmakers label as a legal loophole allowing data brokers to sell Americans’ data without court oversight. Sens. Ron Wyden, Oregon Democrat, and Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, led the coalition of 17 Democrats including Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and three Republicans.
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Ron Wyden pushing to block the export of Americans data to foreign adversaries Follow Us
Question of the Day By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times - Friday, April 16, 2021
Sen. Ron Wyden, Oregon Democrat, is proposing new data privacy legislation that would restrict the export of Americans’ data to certain countries where that information poses a national security risk to the United States.
“Shady data brokers shouldn’t get rich selling Americans’ private data to foreign countries that could use it to threaten our national security,” Mr. Wyden said in a statement. “My bill would set up common sense rules for how and where sensitive data can be shared overseas, to make sure that foreign criminals and spies don’t get their hands on it.
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