Technology has grown more and more quickly of late, and it has been changing the world as it does, reshaping our means of communication and information storage. Unfortunately, thanks to the nature of the American political system, it is very difficult to keep America’s laws up to date with the changing technological scene. No single technological development greater exemplifies the way in which America’s laws becomes outdated compared to technology than the Internet. The Internet has led to major changes in access to information, and in information storage, which thereby change the methods in which the law must interact with information. Now, Google and Microsoft are pushing for a modernization of America’s privacy laws, so as to update those laws to fit the current level and nature of technology.