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On April 27, the House of Representatives voted 419–0 to pass a bill to amend the 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act with regard to emails and documents stored in the cloud.
On April 27, the House of Representatives voted 419–0 to
pass a bill to amend the 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act
with regard to emails and documents stored in the cloud. The Email Privacy Act would require the government
to obtain probable cause warrants to access digital consumer
records maintained by service providers, which are currently
obtainable after 180 days via subpoena or court order.
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