Around the Net
Bipartisan Group of Representatives Pushes Email Privacy Act
- Wired , Monday, June 17, 2013 10:29 AM
A bipartisan group of representatives are leading the push to pass the Email Privacy Act, which would give U.S. citizens the right to email privacy. The bill, which is being spearheaded by Kansas Republican Kevin Yoder, Georgia Republican Tom Graves, and Colorado Democrat Jared Polis, already has 94 co-sponsors. If passed, it would modernize the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), the 1986 law that governs modern day email privacy rules. Under ECPA, government agencies such as the IRS, DHS, and SEC, can access a citizen's emails older than 180 days without obtaining a search warrant.
