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Email Privacy Bill, That Would Require Police to Get a Warrant to Read Emails, Shows Progress
- The Hill, Thursday, April 18, 2013 3:22 PM
The Senate Judiciary Committee is likely to approve legislation that would require police to get a warrant to search a citizen's emails. At a meeting today, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said that he doesn't anticipate any problem getting the bill out this year. Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), the author of the bill, said that he will bring the email privacy bill to a vote at the committee's next meeting, reports The Hill. The bill would update the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) of 1986, which allows police to search email with a subpoena, and does not require a warrant.
