On Monday, the US House of Representatives – normally a body that can’t agree on anything – voted unanimously to pass the Email Privacy Act (HR 387). The new legislation amends the 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), which states that Americans’ emails that are unread or stored for more than 180 days can be requested and read by US law enforcement without a warrant. The new legislation insists the Feds go to a judge and get one before having a snoop around email inboxes. (Non-Americans are, of course, fair game to US intelligence.)
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ORIGINAL SOURCE: The Register
