Senate Judiciary Passes Update to Email Privacy Law
Requires law enforcement to obtain warrant
The Senate Judiciary Committee today unanimously passed by voice vote an update to an aging email privacy law requiring law enforcement to obtain a warrant before accessing private online content.
Co-sponsored by committee chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), the bill now heads to the floor.
Passed in 1986, the Electronic Communications Privacy Act only called for a subpoena before law enforcement could read emails.
Updates to the bill are long overdue.
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