Nextgov reports a review by the U.S. National Security Agency Office of the Inspector General has called into question the agency's retention limits on "communications or electronics intelligence or foreign instrumentation intelligence" data. The IG's audit said the retention policies for signals intelligence data, which is collected under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, carried "deficiencies" that "have the potential to impact civil liberties and individual privacy." Additionally, the NSA's retention guidance and oversight were both deemed insufficient.
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