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Regulatory and

Privacy News

Court finds FBI use of NSA database violated Americans' 4th Amendment rights. A US court has determined
that some of the FBI's surveillance activities violated Americans' constitutional rights, newly unsealed
documents reveal. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court ruled last year that the law enforcement agency
improperly searched an NSA repository for information on Americans, according to the declassified
documents.
Source: https://www.cnet.com/news/court-finds-fbi-use-of-nsa-database-violated-americans-fourth-
amendment-rights/

China’s surveillance firms defend themselves after US blacklisting and claims of human rights abuses. Some
of China’s biggest surveillance and artificial intelligence (AI) firms have defended themselves after being put on
a U.S. blacklist and being accused of human rights abuses related to minority Muslims in northwest China. Just
days before the next round of trade talks between the U.S. and China, Washington put 28 Chinese entities on
the government’s so-called Entity List, which restricts these organizations from doing business with American
firms. It is the same blacklist Chinese smartphone maker Huawei was placed on earlier this year.

Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/08/china-surveillance-firms-defend-themselves-after-us-
blacklisting.html

Iranian Cyberattack on US Presidential Campaign Could Be a Sign of Things to Come. A recently detected
Iranian cyberattack targeting a US presidential campaign may well be a harbinger of what's in store for political
parties and election systems in the run-up to next year's general elections. Last Friday Microsoft disclosed it
had observed significant threat activity over the past two months by Phosphorus, a threat group believed
linked to the Iranian government.

Source: https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/iranian-cyberattack-on-us-presidential-
campaign-could-be-a-sign-of-things-to-come/d/d-id/1336017

US and UK Sign Crime Data Sharing Agreement. UK Home Secretary Priti Patel and US Attorney General
William Barr have signed a bilateral agreement paving the way for UK and US law enforcement agencies to
obtain data more quickly from electronic service providers operating in each jurisdiction. According to Julian
Hayes and Michael Drury at BCL Solicitors, this “will inevitably be one way traffic, expediting the UK’s
acquisition of evidence from US tech giants such as Facebook, Google and Twitter in the fight against serious
crime, including terrorism and child abuse.”

Source: https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/us-uk-crime-data-sharing/

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