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Contemporary data collectors are often no longer a single government, but platforms, advertising networks, and commercial surveillance systems, so encryption's protective target has expanded from preventing government eavesdropping to preventing platform abuse.
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Medium-term (~90 days)
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10/15/2026
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Valid until: 1/13/2027
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