5 posts and columns on Electronic Communications Privacy Act

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Tech Titans Push for Change in Electronic Privacy Law

in News on March 30, 2010 at 4:38 pm PT

Some of the biggest names in the tech world–including Microsoft, Google, Intel and AT&T–are pushing for more stringent regulations on government ability to access electronic communications.

Of Course This Isn't What We Meant by 'Make New Friends, Reconnect With Old Ones and Interact in Other Ways.'

in News on May 21, 2007 at 5:11 pm PT

Last week MySpace refused to turn over the names of convicted sex offenders to the group of state attorneys general who’d requested them, citing the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986, which prohibits such information from being shared without a subpoena. Well, this morning MySpace received that subpoena and complied with it, releasing data on [...]