Topic: Surveillance and Civil Liberties
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Surveillance and Civil Liberties

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As of 2025-11-20, a federal law provision allows U.S. senators to sue the federal government for up to $500,000 in damages for each instance in which their personal or office data is accessed without their knowledge.
November 20, 2025 high policy
Statutory remedy creating a private right of action for unauthorized access to lawmakers' data.
Telephone call records (call detail records) typically include metadata such as the date and time of calls but do not contain the content of the communications.
November 20, 2025 high technical
General characteristic of call detail records relevant to investigations and surveillance.