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Court Rules Police Need Warrant To Access Email

The Stored Communications Act of 1986 had covered emails but allowed access to email beyond 180 days old under certain circumstances. The Sixth Court of Appeals ruled that police need a search warrant to get ISPs to divulge emails, Tech News Ninjas...

by Frank Watson • Published December 15, 2010
Stored Communications Act • Isps • Fourth Amendment • Internet-Based • Search Warrant • Communication
EFF Asks FTC To Limit How Long AOL Can Store Search Records

The Electronic Communications Privacy Act is meant to protect communications between and among users -- not to protect requests from customers for directions on the Internet. I think that without very clear consent from the customer, that would...

by Danny Sullivan • Published August 15, 2006
Electronic Communication Privacy Act • Us Federal Trade Commission • Electronic Frontier Foundation • Video Privacy Protection Act • The Us • Internet • Isp • Google, • New York Times