Senate Judiciary chairman Patrick Leahy says the committee will "do nothing further" on the Netflix and e-mail privacy bill until its next meeting, which has not been scheduled.
(Credit: U.S. Senate)
A Netflix-backed bill to update an antique 1988 privacy law, crafted a generation before social networks and cloud computing became popular, was derailed today because of last-minute opposition from law enforcement officials.
Sen. Patrick Leahy, the Vermont Democrat who heads the Judiciary committee, postponed discussion on the proposal to update the telephone modem-era privacy law, likely pushing a final vote into the new Congress that will convene in 2013.
The delay comes two days after a phalanx of law enforcement organizations objected to the legislation, asking Leahy to "reconsider acting" on it "until a more comprehensive review of its impact on law enforcement investigations is conducted." The groups included the National District Attorneys' Association and the National Sheriffs' Association.
In an unusual procedural twist, the groups have no objections to Netflix's effort to upgrade the Reagan-era law. What worries them is an ... [Read more]
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