Cybersecurity

Why Companies Want Congress To Tell Them What To Do After Data Breaches

Reeling from high-profile hacks, retailers are asking lawmakers to require them to notify customers when shoppers' information has been put at risk.

Digital Government

NSA Phone Program Is Illegal, Federal Privacy Board Says

The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board calls for the program to end.

Modernization

Phone Companies Worry They'll Be Required to Store Customer Data for NSA

A move to get massive amounts of surveillance data out of the government's hands could backfire for some firms.

Modernization

Court Strikes Down Net Neutrality

But the three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit sided with Verizon's lawsuit, saying the FCC acted outside its authority by enacting the rules.