https://padlet.com/alkuhrt19/ehyddlln4vfj en-us 2017-04-07 16:19:18 UTC 2017-04-11 16:43:36 UTC hello@padlet.com alkuhrt19 https://padlet.com/alkuhrt19/ehyddlln4vfj/wish/165428663 https://www.hrw.org/news/2015/04/30/us-pass-usa-freedom-act]]> 2017-04-07 16:29:46 UTC https://padlet.com/alkuhrt19/ehyddlln4vfj/wish/165428663 alkuhrt19 https://padlet.com/alkuhrt19/ehyddlln4vfj/wish/165430785 The introduction of the USA Freedom Act is supposed to end mass collection of phone records along with other data.]]> 2017-04-07 16:39:09 UTC https://padlet.com/alkuhrt19/ehyddlln4vfj/wish/165430785 alkuhrt19 https://padlet.com/alkuhrt19/ehyddlln4vfj/wish/165430789 "As revealed by the former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden in 2013, the US government has justified the collection of potentially millions of phone records of people in the US who have not been linked to wrongdoing under a secret and expansive interpretation of section 215 of the USA Patriot Act. The USA Freedom Act would end such indiscriminate gathering of phone records, along with other data, under section 215 and several other US laws."]]> 2017-04-07 16:39:10 UTC https://padlet.com/alkuhrt19/ehyddlln4vfj/wish/165430789 alkuhrt19 https://padlet.com/alkuhrt19/ehyddlln4vfj/wish/165430796 Section 215 of the Patroit Act allows intelligence agencies to obtain business records without a warrant or probable cause. The "relevance" of the records is so they can collect any data without question.]]> 2017-04-07 16:39:11 UTC https://padlet.com/alkuhrt19/ehyddlln4vfj/wish/165430796 alkuhrt19 https://padlet.com/alkuhrt19/ehyddlln4vfj/wish/165430806 "Call records, also termed “metadata,” do not include the content of conversations, but can produce a comprehensive picture of a person’s movements, associates, and interests by mapping the network of people with whom they communicate and where and when they make the calls."]]> 2017-04-07 16:39:12 UTC https://padlet.com/alkuhrt19/ehyddlln4vfj/wish/165430806 alkuhrt19 https://padlet.com/alkuhrt19/ehyddlln4vfj/wish/165430813 The Freedom Act does not address mass surveillance even though it is the most prominent in the Patriot Act. Some claim that the bill falls short in some areas, but it is better than the Patriot Act and helps protect our privacy better than before while still taking measures to defeat terrorism.]]> 2017-04-07 16:39:14 UTC https://padlet.com/alkuhrt19/ehyddlln4vfj/wish/165430813 alkuhrt19 https://padlet.com/alkuhrt19/ehyddlln4vfj/wish/165430818 The Freedom Act will require companies to submit reports how the amount of data collected and will require the government to publicly state how it uses surveillance.]]> 2017-04-07 16:39:15 UTC https://padlet.com/alkuhrt19/ehyddlln4vfj/wish/165430818