Around the Net
Bipartisan Reps Introduce Email Privacy Bill in the House
- The Hill, Thursday, February 5, 2015 2:26 AM
Representatives Kevin Yoder (R-Kan.) and Jared Polis (D-Colo.) introduced the Email Privacy Act to the House on Wednesday with the support of 223 co-sponsors. Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) will introduce a similar bill in the Senate. The bill is picking up more momentum than it has in the past. The privacy bill would update a 1986 law that allows law enforcement to read the emails of consumers without a warrant, so long as the email is more than 180 days old.
