Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., introduced a pair of bills aimed...
Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., introduced a pair of bills aimed at increasing people’s digital privacy rights and preserving global access to Internet-related goods, services, and communications. Lofgren unveiled the ECPA 2.0 Act (HR-6529) (http://xrl.us/bnrdp7) and the Global Free Internet Act…
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(HR-6530) (http://xrl.us/bnrdqh) late last week. An outspoken critic of legislation aimed at regulating the Web, Lofgren said in a news release Tuesday that “we need proactive laws designed to preserve an open and truly global Internet from [Stop Online Piracy Act] SOPA-like legislation, unduly restrictive treaties and trade agreements, and overbroad government surveillance.” The ECPA 2.0 Act would amend and modernize the Electronic Communications Privacy Act to set clear standards for how law enforcement can use people’s cellphone location information. It would require the government to obtain a warrant before it requests a person’s online data from ISPs, tracks the location of a person’s wireless device, or compels service providers to disclose bulk data requests, among other other requirements. Lofgren’s second bill, the Global Free Internet Act, would create a task force to guide U.S. Internet policy and respond to practices that threaten the free flow of global Internet communications. Lofgren said it is “unlikely” that Congress will act on the bills before the end of the year but said she plans to reintroduce them in the next session of Congress.