Tower Dumps and Privacy

- Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) allows intelligence agencies to eavesdrop on people. And from 1979 to 2011, it rejected only 11 applications and is subject to no other review.

- Between July and December, Google received 4,601 requests for information about its users. Google has complied with 93% of the requests from American authorities.

- The Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), passed in 1986, still remains the main law governing access to electronic communication.