(MENAFN- Jordan News Agency) The legal authority for US spy agencies to bulk collect Americans' phone data has expired after the Senate failed to reach a deal.
However, the Senate did vote to advance the White House-backed Freedom Act, under which a new form of data collection is likely to be approved in the coming days.
The Freedom Act imposes more controls, after revelations by the former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor, Edward Snowden.
Snowden first exposed the extent of the data collection in 2013, BBC reported.
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