US lawmakers say it is time to boost privacy protections around cloud data

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Needs same legal status as 'physical files stored in personal file cabinets'.

US lawmakers say it is time to boost privacy protections around cloud data
The United States needs to accord the same legal protections to user data held on tech companies' servers as it does to physical files stored in personal file cabinets, media attorneys and lawmakers said. The witnesses spoke at a hearing on whether the US government overuses it secret ...

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