[Podcast] NPR's All Things Considered, 11/24/11; How Private Is Your Email? It Depends? :
"Do the police need a warrant to read your email? Believe it or not, two decades into the Internet age, the answer to that question is still "maybe." It depends on how old the email is, where you keep it — and it even depends on whom you ask."
Showing posts with label 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act. Show all posts
Friday, November 25, 2011
Monday, January 10, 2011
1986 Privacy Law Is Outrun by the Web; New York Times, 1/10/11
Miguel Helft and Claire Cain Miller, New York Times; 1986 Privacy Law Is Outrun by the Web:
"The rules established by the 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act depend on what type of information is sought and how old it is. And courts in different jurisdictions have interpreted the rules differently.
But in many cases, the government does not notify people that they are searching their online information or prove probable cause, and if the government violates the law in obtaining information, defendants are generally unable to exclude that evidence from a trial, Ms. Freiwald said."
"The rules established by the 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act depend on what type of information is sought and how old it is. And courts in different jurisdictions have interpreted the rules differently.
But in many cases, the government does not notify people that they are searching their online information or prove probable cause, and if the government violates the law in obtaining information, defendants are generally unable to exclude that evidence from a trial, Ms. Freiwald said."
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