Will This Be the Congress to Finally Pass ECPA Reform?
Today, July 27, 2017, Senators Lee (R-UT) and Leahy (D-VT) introduced the ECPA Modernization Act of 2017, a bill to reform the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA). ECPA is a…
Will Congress Finally Pass ECPA Reform?
The Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) is a law from 1986 governing privacy for online communications and has long been in need of reform. For the last several years, Congress…
Civil Agencies, Law Enforcement Officials Threaten Meaningful ECPA Reform
On May 24, 2016, ARL joined a coalition of civil society organizations, companies and trade associations in a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Grassley and Ranking Member Leahy supporting…
ARL Urges Congress to Pass ECPA Reform
The Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) is a law from 1986 governing privacy for online communications and has long been in need of reform. Congress has the opportunity to rectify…
ARL Joins More than 50 Organizations and Companies Supporting Manager’s Substitute on ECPA Reform
On April 13, 2016, ARL joined a coalition of more than 50 civil society organizations, trade associations and companies in writing to support the Manager’s Substitute Amendment to the Email Privacy…
Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on ECPA Reform
Today, September 16, 2015, the Senate Judiciary Committee will host a hearing on “Reforming the Electronic Communications Privacy Act.” The Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) was passed in 1986 and…
ECPA Reform Reintroduced in House and Senate
On February 4, 2015, bills to reform the outdated Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) were re-introduced in both the U.S. House and Senate with bipartisan support. The bills would update…
Majority of House of Representatives Co-Sponsor Email Privacy Act; ARL Applauds Milestone in ECPA Reform Efforts
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is pleased that on June 17, 2014, the Email Privacy Act, H.R. 1852, reached a milestone of 218 co-sponsors, representing a majority of support…
What’s So Bad About ECPA?
techfreedom: ECPA is the law that is supposed to protect your digital data from unreasonable search. What’s wrong with it? Tons. What does that mean? Your data is often not…
ARL Joins Day of Action to Demand #ECPA Reform
Today, ARL is joining a nationwide day of action calling for reform of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), the law that says the government can access your email and…