Chris Calabrese of the ACLU writes:
Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) announced late yesterday that he will bring legislation before the committee requiring law enforcement to use a probable-cause warrant to access all non-public internet communications such as email. This legislation is a key piece of efforts to reform the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), first passed in 1986 and not substantially updated since.
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Kudos to Senator Leahy for his efforts to update the law to incorporate appropriate privacy protections in a world that is more connected and technologically complex than 1986.