Following two years of pressure from Congress, the Department of Justice has agreed to disclose a series of internal memoranda that set policy on device geolocation data collection for federal law enforcement purposes.
In testimony before Congress on Tuesday, Apple reiterated that unlocking the iPhone used by the gunman in San Bernardino would set a dangerous precedent.
U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch told an RSA audience Apple should comply with government requests for help in unlocking iPhones and confirmed rumors that the U.S. and the U.K. were in negotiations to share information in criminal investigations.
Europeans seeking to assure that their personal data meets the same privacy protections in the U.S. as it currently does in Europe, were presented on Monday with a draft text for a new transatlantic agreement.
Microsoft president and chief legal officer Brad Smith discussed the software giant's ongoing legal battle with the Department of Justice centered around Microsoft data centers in Ireland, at RSA Conference 2016 today.
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