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Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board

The purpose of the board is two-fold: to analyze and review actions the executive branch takes to protect the nation from terrorism, ensuring that the need for such actions is balanced with the need to protect privacy and civil liberties; and to ensure that liberty concerns are appropriately considered in the development and implementation of law, regulations and policies related to efforts to protect the nation against terrorism. Wikipedia*

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Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board has hosted 7 events in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 2013 Public Hearing. The year with the most events was 2014 with four events. Most appearances with Patricia McGowan Wald (15), David Medine (15), James X. Dempsey (15). Most common tags: Fourth Amendment, Intelligence, Online Technology.

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    USA Freedom Act

    The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board hosted a public forum to discuss the USA Freedom Act, a modified extension of…

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    Defining Privacy

    “Defining Privacy Interests” was the first session of the public meeting on “Defining Privacy” held at the Washington Marriot…

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    Counterterrorism Privacy Issues and Technology

    Panelists talked about the oversight role of Congress at the intersection of privacy and technology. Annie Anton said that as…

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    Private Sector Privacy Experts

    Private sector privacy experts talked about enhancing privacy oversight and technology for companies and the federal governme…

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