The written testimony of today’s witnesses on ECPA reform is available online at http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/hear_100923.html. The first panel of the day consisted of representatives of major cloud service providers and they provided a fairly uniform message to the committee: treat all e-mail equally, regardless of whether it is open, unopened, or residing in the cloud…
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Microsoft Seeks New U.S. Electronic Privacy Laws to Propel Cloud Computing
Sara Forden reports on some of the testimony at yesterday’s Senate hearing on ECPA reform: Microsoft Corp. is urging U.S. lawmakers to overhaul laws for electronic privacy to help new services such as cloud computing, a technology that may double sales in five years. As more data is stored on remote servers and away from…
Recommended: Senate considers update to Electronic Communications Privacy Act
Alex Howard covers yesterday’s Senate hearing on the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA). He includes a lot of the materials as well as some videos, including a good interview with Chris Soghoian. Don’t miss it on gov20.govfresh.
House hearing on ECPA this morning
The House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties is holding a hearing today at 11:00 am in 2141 Rayburn House Office Building: “Hearing on: ECPA Reform and the Revolution in Cloud Computing” You can watch the webcast here. Yesterday’s Senate hearing created the impression that ECPA reform is likely to…