House of Representatives passes the Email Privacy Act

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Email Privacy Act today, which would require the government to get a probable cause warrant from a judge before obtaining private communications and documents stored online with companies such as Google, Facebook, and Dropbox.

Country: Global

Domains: Privacy

Stakeholder: Government

Tags: warrant, Email Privacy Act, privacy, Internet, US

Posted on Wednesday 27 April 2016

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