Cloud service providers fight back, challenge NSA

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For US cloud computing companies that have long been fighting to defend the privacy protections involving data stored in their servers or passing over their networks, the ongoing revelations about the extent of the National Security Agency's surveillance activities could carry a huge price tag. But some of the firms most affected have been fighting back.

Many of the leading companies in the tech sector have mobilized their legal and policy teams in response to the NSA revelations. In addition to the joint litigation seeking greater transparency on government data requests, several companies that compete vigorously in the marketplace have banded together to form the Reform Government Surveillance coalition, championing a series of principles that would limit federal intelligence authorities and introduce new oversight and accountability measures.


Cloud service providers fight back, challenge NSA