Electronic Communication

In 1986, Congress enacted the Electronic Communications Privacy Act to both protect the privacy of Americans electronic communications and to provide the government with a means to access these communications and related records in certain circumstances.

NAAUSA is participating in the ongoing Congressional debate over modernizing the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) and is working to assure that Congress considers legitimate law enforcement and civil enforcement needs in any rebalancing of the law to satisfy privacy expectations.

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