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U.S. Senate passes spy agency's surveillance reform bill

The U.S. Senate on Tuesday passed the USA Freedom Act, a domestic surveillance reform bill that would extend the bulk phone metadata collection program of the National Security Agency (NSA) for another six months, after which the practice will be ended.

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Australian parliament passes metadata legislation on phone, email records

​Australia's attorney-general admitted on Friday that "smart criminals" might be able to evade the country's new data retention laws passed in the Senate on Thursday night.