White House Revises Rules For Intelligence Gathering

InformationWeek: The White House on Tuesday issued new rules that limit how intelligence agencies can collect data and how long that data can be retained.

The rules, released through the Office of the Director of National Intelligence in response to a January 17, 2014, Presidential Directive to limit bulk data collection, include a requirement that intelligence agencies must delete information collected about non-US persons after five years unless relevant to national security. Data related to US persons was already subject to this requirement.

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