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• Groups urge Obama to oppose cyberthreat sharing bills

  They say the Senate's CISA cyberthreat information sharing bill would allow businesses to share too much information

• New NSA phone dragnet proposals blasted as flawed

  Proposals to renew portions of the Patriot Act wouldn't end bulk phone records collection, critics say

• ACLU: NSA phone dragnet should be killed not amended

  The recent USA Freedom Act doesn't go far enough in reforming surveillance, an ACLU lawyer says

• Senate panel secretly approves cyberthreat sharing bill

  One senator called the legislation a 'surveillance bill by another name'

• Tech groups renew push for cloud, email privacy protections

  They want Congress to give greater protections from police searches to documents stored in the cloud for more than 180 days

• Privacy advocates find Obama proposal lacking

  The proposed consumer privacy bill of rights allows companies to limit consumer control, critics say

Features about Center for Democracy and Technology

• Debate over NSA surveillance shifts with judge's ruling, task force report

  Critics of the agency's surveillance programs say momentum has shifted in the debate

• What Obama's re-election may mean for technology

  Expect debates on cybersecurity, copyright, spectrum and privacy in Congress in 2013