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Date: April 8, 2015
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201-896-4100 info@sh-law.comThis trend highlights the commonly understood assumption that the influence of corporate America extends far beyond the boardroom.
In response to Indiana’s new religious freedom law, several companies have pledged to limit their business activities in that state. Companies, such as Twitter, Yelp, Salesforce, and Eli Lilly, contend that the law essentially authorizes discrimination against gays and lesbians – and they are taking a public stand against it.
On the issue of surveillance reform, several of the country’s leading technology companies recently joined privacy and human rights advocates in a letter urging Congress to reign in the National Security Agency’s bulk collection of telephone metadata. Notable tech signatories include Google, Inc., AOL Inc., Apple Inc., Facebook Inc., LinkedIn Corp., Microsoft Corp., Twitter Inc. and Yahoo Inc.
The USA Patriot Act, which currently authorizes the NSA’s ongoing surveillance of communications data within the United States, is set to expire in June. In the wake of Edward Snowden’s revelations regarding the extent of the federal government’s data gathering activities, critics have called for widespread changes to the law before it is reauthorized.
While these efforts are seen by many as an important – if not noble – step towards continuing to counteract unreasonably intrusive NSA activity, critics continue to question such efforts. This “blame” debate continues to rage on since critics’ voices began to surface a couple of years ago that pointed to large tech companies as being partly “responsible” and sharing some measure of blame.
At Scarinci Hollenbeck, our cybersecurity and data protection team will be closely monitoring the progress of the surveillance reform movement, particularly with respect to the efforts to terminate the bulk collection of metadata and establish greater transparency and accountability in the NSA’s future surveillance programs. Please stay tuned for updates.
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