We commend the Senate for passing the USA Freedom Act, which helps protect our users by significantly reforming U.S. government surveillance programs and practices. The USA Freedom Act realizes hard-fought and much-needed wins for Internet users everywhere, including: prohibiting the bulk collection of user data under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), increasing transparency into government demands for user information, and introducing important checks and balances in the FISA process by appointing independent experts and requiring public disclosure of the most important decisions of the FISA Court.

Passage of the USA Freedom Act was a bicameral, bipartisan effort, and we want to recognize Representatives Goodlatte, Sensenbrenner, Conyers, and Nadler and Senators Lee, Leahy, Heller, and Franken in particular, as well as other Members, for their commitment to realizing this legislation on behalf of online users everywhere.

Users come first at Yahoo. We’re proud of our efforts to protect our users, and we’ll continue to engage with the Congress, the Administration, and in the Courts to ensure that our users’ rights and their data are protected in line with the principles of the Reform Government Surveillance group.