Congress just passed a law that tightens America’s email privacy laws

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by Sindy Cator on February 7, 2017 at 12:16 pm

In a welcome tightening of the privacy laws surrounding email communications, Congress has passed the Email Privacy Act (H.R. 387). This law, which has bipartisan support, and was introduced by Colorado Rep. Jared Polis and Kansas Rep. Kevin requires the government to obtain a warrant before accessing the email of American citizens. The previous law that covered email privacy left a lot to be desired. The Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), which was passed in 1986, lets the government obtain email records without a warrant, provided the emails themselves are more than 180 days old and are stored on third-party servers. As TechCrunch…