Public interest groups are asking voters to urge their members...
Public interest groups are asking voters to urge their members of Congress to support an update to the 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) that would require law enforcement agencies to get warrants before they can access private emails. An…
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ECPA update is the “last shot at privacy reform in 2012,” the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) told subscribers in an email Monday. The email encourages recipients to contact their senators, “urge them to support warrants for email” and oppose a potential amendment from Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, which would “allow government agencies to read our email without a warrant.” The email points readers to a website about ECPA reform maintained by interest groups including CDT, the ACLU, Electronic Frontier Foundation and Computer and Communications Industry Association (http://xrl.us/bn3mqo). Once there, users can send form letters to their senators asking them to support ECPA reform. “Prosecutors, regulatory agencies and other government officials should not be able to issue their own subpoenas to read my emails,” the letter said. “Updating ECPA will support small businesses, create jobs, and reinforce our Constitutional rights."