Ecpa articles

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  Metadata matters: how phone records and obsolete laws harm privacy and the free press

  By Joshua Kopstein on May 16, 2013 01:13 pm + 49 comments

  Between the IRS admitting it targeted conservative political groups and the never-ending debacle Continue reading…

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  FBI maintains it can access emails without a warrant, internal document reveals

  By Jacob Kastrenakes on May 8, 2013 03:25 pm + 30 comments

  The FBI still holds that it can access private emails without a warrant, according to a 2012 Continue reading…

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  Senate committee passes ECPA bill to increase email privacy, full floor vote next

  By Carl Franzen on April 25, 2013 11:00 am + 14 comments

  A bipartisan Senate committee just voted unanimously to advance a privacy reform bill that would Continue reading…

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  Internal Revenue Service denies searching email without a warrant

  By T.C. Sottek on April 16, 2013 02:20 pm + 16 comments

  Internal IRS employee manuals and memos released by the American Civil Liberties Union last week Continue reading…

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  Justice Department changes stance, now supports search warrants to access user email

  By Carl Franzen on March 19, 2013 02:30 pm + 10 comments

  The US Justice Department says it's now willing to consider getting search warrants to access almost Continue reading…

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  Google testifies to Congress calling for more email privacy, says current law 'fails'

  By Carl Franzen on March 19, 2013 10:02 am + 121 comments

  Google's legal director Richard Salgado is due to testify before a committee at the House of Continue reading…

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  Privacy bill would ban police from getting email and location data without a warrant

  By Joshua Kopstein on March 6, 2013 07:56 pm + 15 comments

  Privacy advocates in Congress have introduced another bi-partisan bill attempting to amend Continue reading…

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  Google begins offering vague estimates on secret FBI surveillance

  By Joshua Kopstein on March 5, 2013 06:22 pm + 37 comments

  Google's bi-annual Transparency Reports have sought to provide users with detailed information on Continue reading…

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  Senate Judiciary Committee approves bill requiring authorities to obtain warrants for email records

  By Chris Welch on November 29, 2012 01:14 pm + 15 comments

  The US Senate Judiciary Committee today approved a bill that would require authorities to produce Continue reading…

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  Important federal privacy law set for Senate committee vote on Thursday

  By T.C. Sottek on November 27, 2012 01:55 pm + 10 comments

  On Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee will vote on HR 2471: a bill that will update a 1986 law Continue reading…