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 amended Electronic Communications Privacy Act would require law enforcement officials to obtain warrants for accessing remotely stored emails and communications which are more than 180 days old.

Improved Citizens' Privacy Seems Possible With Senators, Tech Companies Making Efforts

However, for those businesses that wish to protect their users' data from government inspection, CalECPA may provide inside counsel with an important shield against government intrusion at the state level (federal access to information is still governed by the federal Electronic Communications Privacy Act.

The Secure GC: Getting Ready for California's Upcoming Privacy Changes

347 (1967), superseded by statute, Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986, Pub.

Whose line is it anyway? Probable cause and historical cell site data

Responding primarily to the need to address digital wiretapping "in light of dramatic changes in new computer and telecommunications technologies," (118) Congress passed the Electronic Communications Privacy Act in 1986.

Privacy in the cloud: the mosaic theory and the Stored Communications Act

Electronic Communications Privacy Act Reform: Hearing Before the Subcomm.

Downloading the latest protection updates: regularly updating the Stored Communications Act

Records of communications providers are given extra protection by the Stored Communications Act portion of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986, but the laws have gotten murky with increasing technology such as social media and cloud storage.

Suit seeks to hook phishers

That was the year Congress enacted the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), SO it is hardly surprising that the once forward-looking law seems antiquated today.

Email armor: electronic privacy reform

24) Recognizing the need to uphold constitutional protections for information shared with another through wireless communication, Congress enacted the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 (ECPA).

Constitutional law - Maryland District Court finds government's acquisition of historical cell site data immune from Fourth Amendment - United States v. Graham

government were by subpoenas issued under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) that did not require any kind of judicial oversight.

The truth behind Google Transparency Reports

The panel voted Thursday to make that change to the 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act, which needs to be updated to reflect today's expanded use of computer technology in laptops, cell phones and tablets.

Cyber snooping

In 1986, when cellular phones were brick-sized novelties and most Americans had never even heard of "electronic mail," Congress passed the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA).

ECPA at 25: How to Modernize the Law to Better Protect Electronic Privacy

Senate Report on the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986

Subpoenas and social networks: fixing the stored communications act in a civil litigation context