Electronic Surveillance

"“How can we tell if the court process is legitimate if so much of it is under seal?” asked Jennifer Granick, director of civil liberties at Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society." Read more about Microsoft sues for right to tell customers when US government requests emails

"“The lawsuit is asking for two things,” said Jennifer Granick, the director of civil liberties at Stanford’s Center for Internet and Society.

“That people be notified eventually, if they are spied on, and, two, it’s asking for a much more scrupulous and discriminating use of gag orders, which are now seemingly routine when they are supposed to be extraordinary.”" Read more about Microsoft sues government, expanding privacy debate to cloud

"University of Washington law professor Ryan Calo says the kind of secrecy order Microsoft is contesting  "is something that should be justified and not something that is so routine," he said." Read more about Microsoft sues DOJ over snooping citizens' emails

"Richard Salgado, Google Inc.’s law enforcement and information security director, and Chris Calabrese, vice president of the Center for Democracy & Technology's Policy Center, contested government officials' requests for carveouts in the law. Read more about Federal Agency Lawyers Caution Senate About Electronic Privacy Changes