United States senator from Oregon
'Call Your Senator Now': Privacy Advocates Ramp Up Effort to Stop Spying Expansion
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Senate begins FISA surveillance debate with deadline looming: The Senate voted Thursday to advance a House-passed bill reauthorizing the Foreign Surveillance ...
thehill.com/homenews/senate/4602836-fisa-surveillance-vote-deadline/
Wyden Says Spying Bill Would Force Americans to Become an 'Agent for Big Brother'
commondreams.org/news/wyden-says-spying-bill-would-force-americans-to-become-an-agent-for-big-brother
Privacy Defenders Decry 'Spy Draft' in Section 702 Renewal Advanced by Senate: "It's not about who RISAA allows the government to spy on ...
commondreams.org/news/fisa-section-702-renewal
GOP opposition to child tax credit bill could be softening in Senate: Republican opposition has bipartisan legislation hanging by a thread. But the bill’s ...
washingtonpost.com/business/2024/04/06/child-tax-credit-bill-senate/
Microsoft, beset by hacks, grapples with problem years in the making: Microsoft has embarked on its biggest security reboot in two decades, but critics question ...
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-15/microsoft-beset-by-hacks-grapples-with-problem-years-in-the-making
A new bill would try to make tools like Zoom and Teams work together securely: Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) released the Secure and Interoperable Government ...
theverge.com/2024/4/8/24119268/wyden-secure-interoperable-goverment-collaboration-technology-act-encryption
Feds finally decide to do something about years-old SS7 spy holes in phone networks
theregister.com/2024/04/02/fcc_ss7_security/
Top Democrat rips Mnuchin over effort to buy TikTok: Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), chair of the Senate Finance Committee, is criticizing former Treasury Secretary ...
thehill.com/policy/technology/4541616-top-democrat-rips-mnuchin-over-effort-to-buy-tiktok/
Forget TikTok – Chinese spies want to steal IP by backdooring digital locks: Uncle Sam can use this snooping tool, too, but that's beside the point
theregister.com/2024/03/14/chinese_espionage_safe_locks/
Bill would require SNAP EBT cards to have microchips to combat 'skimming': A U.S. senator from Oregon plans to introduce a bill that would increase the security ...
nbcnews.com/news/us-news/bill-snap-ebt-cards-microchips-combat-skimming-rcna141655
White House goes to court, not Congress, to renew warrantless spy powers: Choose your own FISA Section 702 adventure: End-run around lawmakers or business as ...
theregister.com/2024/02/29/fisa_section_702_wyden/
Senator demands telecom cybersecurity standards overhaul to curb abuses: Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) sent a letter to President Biden and his Cabinet demanding that ...
thehill.com/policy/technology/4499261-senator-demands-telecom-cybersecurity-standards-overhaul-to-curb-abuses/
Opinion | The Senate Should Reject the Wyden-Smith Tax Bill: House Republicans let themselves get played by Democrats seeking to expand the welfare state.
wsj.com/articles/the-senate-should-reject-the-wyden-smith-tax-bill-washington-policy-0bffbcfb
Democrats blast life insurance plans as tax breaks for rich: Democrats on the Senate Committee on Finance took aim at “private placement life insurance” (PPLI) ...
thehill.com/homenews/senate/4480889-democrats-blast-life-insurance-plans-as-tax-breaks-for-rich/
Tracking of Planned Parenthood Visits 'Should Terrify Every Single American': Sen. Ron Wyden warns that "if a data broker could track Americans' ...
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Quick Glance: Scandalous Data Broker Tracked 600 Planned Parenthood Locations
- Pro-life group targeted visitors at nearly 600 Planned Parenthood sites with anti-abortion ads using data from Near Intelligence.
- US Senator Ron Wyden called for investigation into Near and deletion of all American location data.
- Wyden labeled Near as scandal-plagued location data broker.
- Wyden urges SEC to broaden probe into Near and consider securities fraud implications.
State governments to protect health-related data as it's used in abortion battle: State governments across the U.S. are adopting or considering laws that would ...
apnews.com/article/abortion-states-surveillance-apps-ads-wyden-87b5d36620c85ca9f6da4409755358f0
Quick Glance: Protecting Health Data in Abortion Debate
- Federal law prohibits health data sharing without consent, but allows tech tracking; concerns arise over potential misuse by abortion opponents.
- FTC urged to ensure destruction of collected location information to prevent misuse.
- States enact laws safeguarding sensitive health data amid ongoing privacy concerns.
- Data brokers under scrutiny for selling location data, including to anti-abortion organizations and the U.S. military.
Senate Probe Casts Doubt on Harlan Crow's Yacht Tax Deductions: In their extensive probe, Senate investigators found evidence to suggest Crow has made repeated ...
propublica.org/article/senate-probe-casts-doubt-harlan-crow-yacht-tax-deductions
Wyden urges FTC to safeguard abortion clinic visitors’ location data: Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) is calling on federal regulators to scrutinize a location data ...
thehill.com/policy/technology/4465856-wyden-ftc-abortion-clinic-visitor-location-data/
This Democrat Is Pushing Big Tech’s Interests. His Wife Owns Millions in Tech Stock
rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/ron-wyden-big-tech-wife-stocks-1234974940/
Are Airlines Misusing Your Data? Dept. of Transportation Wants to Find Out: Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg announces a 'privacy review' for airlines ...
pcmag.com/news/are-airlines-misusing-your-data-dept-of-transportation-wants-to-find-out
‘Huge tax breaks’: private equity prepares for a boon from Congress: Billions in private equity and corporate taxes could be rolled back, along with what critics ...
theguardian.com/business/2024/mar/01/corporate-tax-breaks-private-equity
DOT to investigate data security and privacy practices of top US airlines: The U.S. Department of Transportation announced its first industry-wide review of data ...
techcrunch.com/2024/03/21/department-transportation-us-top-airlines-data-security-privacy/
Democrat blocks request to strip tech companies of legal immunity related to child pornography
thehill.com/homenews/senate/4452124-democrat-blocks-request-to-strip-tech-companies-of-legal-immunity-related-to-child-pornography/
5 fights to watch as tax deal goes to Senate: A tax deal that includes business tax breaks and an expansion of the child tax credit (CTC) was cleared in the ...
thehill.com/business/4442993-5-fights-to-watch-as-tax-deal-goes-to-senate/
Quick Glance: New Tax Bill Expands Child Tax Credit and Business Breaks
- A comprehensive, bipartisan tax reform was passed by the House to expand the child tax credit for American families and reinstate tax breaks for businesses.
- The widespread support in the House was critical for the legislation, fast-tracked under a tactic known as 'suspension' by Republicans.
- The tax legislation passed would raise the refundable portion to $1,800 per child in 2023, $1,900 per child in 2024 and $2,000 per child in 2025.
- The bill would also create tax benefits for people impacted by natural disasters and strengthen the low-income housing tax credit.
US Senator: NSA Needs to Stop Buying Americans' Info From Shady Data Brokers: A declassified letter confirms that the NSA buys commercially available data on ...
pcmag.com/news/us-senator-nsa-needs-to-stop-buying-americans-info-from-shady-data-brokers
Senators Seek to Bar Landlords From Using Algorithms to Artificially Inflate Rents
propublica.org/article/senators-introduce-legislation-stop-landlords-algorithm-price-fixing
Sen. Ron Wyden calls on Biden to fire Social Security’s top watchdog: In a letter to President Biden, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee said promises ...
washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/02/07/wyden-biden-social-security-inspector-general-letter/
Congress scrambles to fix housing as prices soar: The calls for action are "growing exponentially," Senate Finance Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) said ...
politico.com/news/2024/02/01/therell-be-blowback-congress-feels-pressure-from-voters-on-housing-affordability-00138779
DeLauro Pours Cold Water on Child Credit Boost in Exchange for Corporate Tax Giveaway
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US courts fielded over 130 requests for access to push notification metadata: Cops love it because popup messages can reveal location, device details ...
theregister.com/2024/02/29/push_notification_privacy/
How your sensitive data can be sold after a data broker goes bankrupt: Sensitive location data could be sold off to the highest bidder.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/02/how-your-sensitive-data-can-be-sold-after-a-data-broker-goes-bankrupt/
The new expansion of the child tax credit won’t disincentivize work: The tax package is designed to ensure a proper and continued connection between the child ...
thehill.com/opinion/finance/4442838-the-new-expansion-of-the-child-tax-credit-wont-disincentivize-work/
This Exchange-Traded Fund Mimics T-Bill Returns Without Tax Bills: A fast-growing exchange-traded fund called BOXX uses an old loophole in a new way.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-22/this-exchange-traded-fund-mimics-t-bill-returns-without-tax-bills
Senator urges National Park Service to keep Crater Lake open amid contract dispute
oregonlive.com/news/2024/02/senator-urges-national-park-service-to-keep-crater-lake-open-amid-contract-dispute.html
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The announcement comes just two months after Sen. Ron Wyden issued a public letter to the National Park Service, raising a litany of “serious concerns” about ... Show more www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/2024/02/national-park-service-puts-crater-lake-operator-on-notice-plans-to-end-contract.html
The NSA buys Americans’ internet data, newly released documents show: The National Security Agency has been buying Americans’ web browsing data from commercial ...
cnn.com/2024/01/26/tech/the-nsa-buys-americans-internet-data-newly-released-documents-show/
Quick Glance: Newly Released Documents Reveal NSA's Purchase of Americans' Internet Data
- NSA buys Americans’ web browsing data from commercial data brokers, as disclosed in newly released documents.
- Government agencies routinely purchase sensitive information about Americans from commercial marketplaces, avoiding the need for court orders.
- NSA purchases commercially available Netflow data to support its cybersecurity and foreign intelligence missions.
- Defense Department intelligence official confirms responsibility to comply with existing laws, regulations, and policies, including the Fourth Amendment.
What Microsoft's latest email breach says about this IT security heavyweight: Senator Wyden tells The Reg this latest security lapse is 'inexcusable'
theregister.com/2024/01/24/microsoft_latest_breach_cozy_bear/
US National Security Agency buys web browsing data without warrant, letter shows: The U.S. National Security Agency buys Americans' internet browsing information ...
reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/national-security-agency-buys-web-browsing-data-without-warrant-letter-shows-2024-01-26/
Lawmakers urge DOJ to pull back funding of predictive police tech: A group of Democratic lawmakers is calling on the Justice Department (DOJ) to pause funding ...
thehill.com/homenews/senate/4436218-lawmakers-doj-funding-predictive-police-tech/
Congress announces tax deal to expand child tax credit and revive breaks for businesses
nbcnews.com/politics/congress/congress-announces-tax-deal-expand-child-tax-credit-business-breaks-rcna134067
Senate Finance Chief Rips GOP's 'Backroom Scheme' to Cut Social Security: "The term 'fiscal commission' is the ultimate Washington buzzword ...
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Paid articlePaid 'I'm Kim Kardashian, Of Course...' It's Time for a Billionaires Income Tax: "Imagine if, instead of decking out Kim Kardashian's office ...
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Congress announces bipartisan effort to enhance child tax credit: According to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, there are “many things” for both Republicans ...
apnews.com/article/congress-child-tax-credit-businesses-6bda34719ea22c7683e4335a21583e85
Democrat Takes Aim at Medicare Advantage Ads As Seniors Call Foul: A Democratic senator has launched a probe into Medicare Advantage's advertising practices ...
newsweek.com/democrat-senator-ron-wyden-probe-medicare-advantage-advertising-seniors-1864080
New bipartisan proposal to enhance the Child Tax Credit: What to know: The legislation's fate on Capitol Hill is unclear.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/new-bipartisan-proposal-enhance-child-tax-credit/story
Quick Glance: Congress Plans Investment in Children
- Republicans seek to renew corporate tax breaks, Democrats push for child poverty tax credit expansion.
- The agreement includes about $33 billion in business tax breaks and a similar amount for expanding the child tax credit.
- The changes to the child tax credit are estimated to benefit 16 million low-income kids and lift 400,000 children out of poverty.
- The agreement focuses on families below or near the poverty line who currently do not receive the full child tax credit due to the way the tax code works.
Wyden, Lummis call for investigation into SEC X account hack: A bipartisan Senate duo is calling for the inspector general of the Securities and Exchange ...
thehill.com/policy/technology/4405266-wyden-lummis-call-for-investigation-into-sec-x-account-hack/
Bipartisan Tax Proposal Would Restore Tax Breaks And End The Employee Retention Credit
forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2024/01/17/bipartisan-tax-proposal-would-restore-tax-breaks-and-end-the-employee-retention-credit/
Hold off on filing taxes -- there are two breaks that could be introduced before Tax Day
nypost.com/2024/01/08/business/two-tax-breaks-could-be-introduced-before-tax-day/
The Global Smartphone Privacy Problem: Spy Tools Discovered Monitoring Billions: What's that? The United States federal government is up to something shady? You ...
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Parents, businesses closer to getting tax relief: Lawmakers think they might be moving closer to passing tax relief for parents and businesses.
businessinsider.com/parents-businesses-child-tax-credit-tax-breaks-lawmakers-tax-relief-2024-1
Wyden Says GOP Medicaid Purge Puts 'Politics Before Children's Health': New government data indicates that just nine Republican-led states are responsible for ...
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Wyden's Billionaires Income Tax Targets Ultrawealthy 'Schemes': "Working people don't get to play by the same rules as billionaires ...
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Key senator presses brokers on Medicare marketing: Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), in a probe of Medicare Advantage sales tactics ...
modernhealthcare.com/politics-policy/medicare-advantage-marketing-wyden-finance-committee-letter
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Police Can Spy on Your iOS and Android Push Notifications: Governments can access records related to push notifications from mobile apps by requesting that data ...
wired.com/story/apple-google-push-notification-surveillance/
Senate Democrat says he’ll block vote on new NSA, Cyber Command chief: Sen. Rob Wyden (D-Ore.) said he plans to block the confirmation of Lt. Gen ...
thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/4337347-senate-democrat-says-hell-block-vote-on-new-nsa-cyber-command-chief/
US senators call for investigation of SEC over ‘compromised’ Bitcoin ETF tweet: Two U.S. lawmakers called it “inexcusable” that the Securities and Exchange ...
cointelegraph.com/news/investigate-sec-bitcoin-etf-tweet-senators
US govt pays AT&T to let cops search Americans' phone records – 'usually' without a warrant
theregister.com/2023/11/22/wyden_hemisphere_letter/
Jayapal, Wyden lead inquiry that finds pharmacies fail to protect privacy: The inquiry found that major pharmacy companies don't require a warrant to share ...
seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/jayapal-wyden-lead-inquiry-that-finds-pharmacies-fail-to-protect-privacy/
Exposé of 'Scandalous' US Spying Sparks Calls for Congress to Act: "These new details add up to a horrifying picture that proves the need for Congress to.. ...
commondreams.org/news/mass-surveillance
Bill In Congress Aims To Stop Kombucha From Being Taxed Like Beer: Sen. Finance Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) ...
forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2023/12/01/bill-in-congress-aims-to-stop-kombucha-from-being-taxed-like-beer/
Biden quietly shelves trade pact with UK before 2024 elections: Britain has long coveted a US trade agreement as a significant post-Brexit prize.
politico.eu/article/us-president-joe-biden-shelves-trade-pact-with-uk-2024-election/
Apple Is Now Requiring a Judge's Consent to Access Push Notification Data: Apple has implemented a new policy requiring a judge's order to disclose ...
techtimes.com/articles/299686/20231213/apple-now-requiring-judges-consent-access-push-notification-data.htm
Apple will no longer give police users’ push notification data without a warrant: Apple said it will no longer give over records of users’ push notifications to ...
techcrunch.com/2023/12/13/apple-push-notifications-government-warrant/
Senator: US Continues To Mine AT&T Phone Records Via Surveillance Program: Senator Ron Wyden says he has 'serious concerns about the legality' of a US ...
uk.pcmag.com/security/149752/senator-us-continues-to-mine-att-phone-records-via-surveillance-program
PBM, mental health legislation advances through Senate Finance Committee: Legislation addressing Medicare payments and mental health and pharmacy benefit ...
thehill.com/homenews/senate/4302515-pbm-mental-health-legislation-advances-through-senate-finance-committee/
Apple now requires a court order to share push notification details: Apple has updated its law enforcement guidelines to say that it now requires a court order ...
theverge.com/2023/12/13/23990706/google-apple-court-order-required-push-notification-ron-wyden-letter-surveillance-e2e-encryption
House GOP Wants to Pair Israel Military Aid With IRS Cuts That Help Rich Tax Cheats
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Sen. Wyden blasts Crater Lake concessionaire over ‘serious concerns’ in the national park
oregonlive.com/travel/2023/12/sen-wyden-blasts-crater-lake-concessionaire-over-serious-concerns-in-the-national-park.html
Bipartisan lawmakers are taking the first stab at renewing controversial spying tool
axios.com/2023/11/07/surveillance-fisa-section-702-renewal-legislation
Lawmakers push 702 reauthorization requiring warrant to access info on Americans: A bipartisan group of Senate and House lawmakers introduced a bill Tuesday that ...
thehill.com/policy/national-security/4298234-section-702-fisa-reauthorization-warrant-americans/
New Clarence Thomas ethics questions about forgiveness on luxury RV loan: In August, The New York Times reported that Anthony Welters, a wealthy friend of ...
npr.org/2023/10/25/1208600160/new-clarence-thomas-ethics-questions-about-forgiveness-on-luxury-rv-loan
Clarence Thomas’s RV loan was forgiven, Senate committee report says: Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) called on Justice Clarence Thomas to say ...
washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/25/clarence-thomas-rv-loan-forgive/
Quick Glance: Senate report: Clarence Thomas's RV loan forgiven
- Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) called on Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to disclose if he reported over a quarter-million dollars of loan forgiveness on his tax filings.
- Wyden released a report by the committee's Democratic staff, detailing a loan received by Thomas from a friend, Anthony Welters, to purchase a luxury Prevost Marathon motor coach in 1999.
- Justice Thomas should inform the committee about the amount of debt forgiven and whether he properly reported the loan forgiveness on his tax returns and paid all taxes owed.
- Welters stated, 'I believed Justice Thomas satisfied the loan.'
Oregon schools, students look forward to expanded mental health care funding secured by U.S. Sen Ron Wyden
oregonlive.com/education/2023/12/oregon-schools-students-look-forward-to-expanded-mental-health-care-funding-secured-by-us-sen-ron-wyden.html
Governments 'using push notifications to spy on your iOS, Android devices | Mint: Foreign governments are using the push notification data stored by Apple and ...
livemint.com/technology/tech-news/governments-using-push-notifications-to-spy-on-your-ios-android-devices-heres-how-it-works-apple-google-ron-wyden-11701913814764.html
Apple and Google: Authorities spy on users via push notifications - Golem.de: Push notifications are transmitted via Apple and Google servers. Until now ...
golem.de/news/apple-und-google-behoerden-spionieren-nutzer-ueber-push-benachrichtigungen-aus-2312-180106.html
Where the Push to Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent Stands: The practice has long been controversial.
time.com/6330561/what-to-know-daylight-saving-time-change/
WNBA shelves plans to expand to Portland : In a letter to Sen. Ron Wyden, WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert cites planned Moda Center renovations as sticking ...
oregonlive.com/sports/2023/11/wnba-shelves-plans-to-expand-to-portland.html
US Senator calls for the public release of AT&T ‘Hemisphere’ surveillance records
engadget.com/us-senator-calls-for-the-public-release-of-att-hemisphere-surveillance-records-083627787.html
US Commerce Dept pinky swears it won't push American spyware on world-plus-dog: Or maybe just not let foreign govts buy this stuff at all?
theregister.com/2023/11/02/us_commerce_dept_spyware/
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