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.
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.
347 (1967), superseded by statute,
Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986, Pub.
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.
Electronic Communications Privacy Act Reform: Hearing Before the Subcomm.
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.
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.
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).
government were by subpoenas issued under the
Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) that did not require any kind of judicial oversight.
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.
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).
Senate Report on the
Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986