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The Microsoft Ireland Case and the Future of Digital Privacy

This post is the latest installment of our “Monday Reflections” feature, in which a different Just Security editor examines the big stories from the previous week or looks…
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Three Key Takeaways: The 2d Circuit Ruling in The Microsoft Warrant Case

As readers no doubt already know, the Second Circuit today issued a surprise ruling in the Microsoft Ireland warrant case — siding with Microsoft. The result: location of data…
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Whose World Is This?: US and UK Government Hacking

On both sides of the Atlantic, we are witnessing the dramatic expansion of government hacking powers. In the United States, a proposed amendment to Rule 41 of the Federal Rules…
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A New Lawsuit from Microsoft: No More Gag Orders!

Microsoft is once again making headlines via litigation over government’s use of the Stored Communications Act. For the past two years, it was Microsoft’s lawsuit challenging…
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The Growing Divide Between European Governments and Regional Courts on Surveillance

Last week, as he delivered his first report to the UN Human Rights Council, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy made headlines with his sharp criticism of the United…
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House Judiciary Committee Hearing Tomorrow: Law Enforcement Access to Data Across Borders

Tomorrow, the House Judiciary Committee will be holding a “Hearing on International Conflicts of Law Concerning Border Data Flow and Law Enforcement Requests” — an issue…
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MLAT Reform and the 80 Percent Solution

Last week, The Washington Post reported that the US and the UK were in negotiations to permit UK law enforcement agencies to request stored communications like email and chats…
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A New UK-US Data Sharing Agreement: A Tremendous Opportunity, If Done Right

This post is the latest installment of our “Monday Reflections” feature, in which a different Just Security editor examines the big stories from the previous week or looks…
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The Way Forward for Surveillance Reform Can Balance Human Rights and Government Needs

The fall of 2015 was marked by two key developments in the debate about laws on communications surveillance and the right to privacy. First, on October 6, the EU Court of Justice…
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Cross-Border Data Requests: A Response to Greg Nojeim

Editor’s note: This post also appears on Lawfare. Last week on Lawfare, Greg Nojeim responded to — and raised a set of questions about — our proposed framework for dealing…
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Cross-Border Data Requests: A Proposed Framework

Editor’s note: This post also appears on Lawfare. We’ve both written and spoken extensively (for example, here, here, here, here, and here) about issues related to cross-border…
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Safe Harbor and Reforming Section 702

Having only belatedly caught up on the European Court of Justice’s Safe Harbor decision, I wanted to weigh in on the excellent discussion between Tim Edgar and Peter Margulies…
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