U.S.'s Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA)
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An U.S.'s Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) is an data privacy law that is a U.S. privacy law.
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- See: FISA Amendments Act, Communications Assistance For Law Enforcement Act, USA PATRIOT Act, Stored Communications Act.
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2021
- (Wikipedia, 2021) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Communications_Privacy_Act Retrieved:2021-11-19.
- The Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 (ECPA) was enacted by the United States Congress to extend restrictions on government wire taps of telephone calls to include transmissions of electronic data by computer (et seq.), added new provisions prohibiting access to stored electronic communications, i.e., the Stored Communications Act (SCA, et seq.), and added so-called pen trap provisions that permit the tracing of telephone communications (et seq.).
ECPA was an amendment to Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (the Wiretap Statute), which was primarily designed to prevent unauthorized government access to private electronic communications. The ECPA has been amended by the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) of 1994, the USA PATRIOT Act (2001), the USA PATRIOT reauthorization acts (2006), and the FISA Amendments Act (2008).
- The Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 (ECPA) was enacted by the United States Congress to extend restrictions on government wire taps of telephone calls to include transmissions of electronic data by computer (et seq.), added new provisions prohibiting access to stored electronic communications, i.e., the Stored Communications Act (SCA, et seq.), and added so-called pen trap provisions that permit the tracing of telephone communications (et seq.).