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Electronic Communications Privacy Act
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Electronic Communications Privacy Act
Legislation in the United States, passed in 1986, that protects most communication sent over a computer network from search or seizure without a warrant. The Act requires law enforcement officials to abide by the same requirements for computer communications as they do for telephone communications. Exemptions established by the Act, such as access to records kept by service providers, have proven controversial.


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The ECPA encompasses traditional methods of monitoring such as telephone and some video monitoring, as well as new technologies such as cellular telephones, vmail, email, and the Internet.
one of the authors of the ECPA, had filed an amicus brief on behalf of the government in this case.
The ECPA prohibits "intercepts" of electronic communications, including e-mail.
 
 
 
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