Electronic Communications Privacy Act
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electronic-communications-privacy-act-172-2960329
title:
Electronic Communications Privacy Act
text:
The Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 (ECPA) was enacted by the United States Congress to extend restrictions on government wire taps of telephone calls to include transmissions of electronic data by computer, added new provisions prohibiting access to stored electronic communications, i.e., the Stored Communications Act, and added so-called pen trap provisions that permit the tracing of telephone communications.
ECPA was an amendment to Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control and Saf
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1986 United States federal law
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Communications_Privacy_Act
date created:
2004-11-18T20:56:05Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T20:16:33Z
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