A new bill introduced in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday by Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., calls for electronic surveillance reforms that would require law enforcement to have a probable-cause warrant before obtaining email or other online data, or tracking ongoing mobile activity, among other enhanced legal protections. The legislation revises the 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act that gives law enforcement access to emails or other online data stored electronically for more than 180 days if they can show “reasonable grounds to believe” they would be useful to an investigation.
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US Senate Sinks Its Teeth Into Online Privacy Reform
Posted by: Rachelle Dragani May 18, 2011 11:40 AMA new bill introduced in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday by Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., calls for electronic surveillance reforms that would require law enforcement to have a probable-cause warrant before obtaining email or other online data, or tracking ongoing mobile activity, among other enhanced legal protections. The legislation revises the 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act that gives law enforcement access to emails or other online data stored electronically for more than 180 days if they can show “reasonable grounds to believe” they would be useful to an investigation.