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About two dozen privacy groups are pushing Congress to change the Electronic Communications Privacy Act to prevent government surveillance of citizens without a warrant, said the Center for Democracy and Technology in an email Wednesday. It said VanishingRights.com was launched…

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and members include the American Library Association, Engine Advocacy which promotes startups, Free Press, Techdirt, TechFreedom, ACLU, and the Liberty Coalition, which includes ACLU and ex-Rep. Bob Barr, R-Ga, as partners. ECPA “says hundreds of federal entities -- including the IRS and FBI -- as well as state and local agencies can access your old emails and documents stored in the cloud without a warrant,” said CDT. The site asks visitors to fill out a suggested form asking senators to back bipartisan legislation (S-607) to update the 1986 act.