In requesting an amendment to the Electronic Communications...
In requesting an amendment to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) that would allow it to access electronic communications through a service provider without a warrant, the Securities and Exchange Commission “is essentially asking Congress to fundamentally alter the U.S.…
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justice system,” Center for Democracy and Technology Senior Counsel Greg Nojeim said in a blog post Monday (http://bit.ly/13sUaph). The ECPA reform bill, S-607, introduced by Sens. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and Mike Lee, R-Utah, is “vitally important and long-overdue,” and “the SEC’s proposed exception would neuter this critical reform,” Nojeim said. In an April letter, the SEC told Leahy that it needs to be able to access electronic communications from service providers to fulfill its investigative responsibilities (http://bit.ly/12YuQIC).