A bill to protect email privacy cleared a key U.S. Senate committee last week, buoying the spirits of privacy advocates. The proposed law would close a loophole in the 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act, which allows the government to peep on email more than 180 days old without a warrant. “We’re very happy about it. It’s a very good first step,” said Chris Calabrese, legislative counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union. “It does exactly what we wanted it to do: have full warrant protection for all private electronic content.”
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Bill Closing Email Privacy Loophole Clears Committee
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. December 3, 2012 07:00 AMA bill to protect email privacy cleared a key U.S. Senate committee last week, buoying the spirits of privacy advocates. The proposed law would close a loophole in the 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act, which allows the government to peep on email more than 180 days old without a warrant. “We’re very happy about it. It’s a very good first step,” said Chris Calabrese, legislative counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union. “It does exactly what we wanted it to do: have full warrant protection for all private electronic content.”