Google and other tech industry players testified in Washington this week that the 30-year-old Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) needs and overhaul. Electronic Communications Privacy Act ( , and other tech industry players, testified in US 1986 that the 30-year-old Congress ECPA), written in 1986 , needs an overhaul. A reform on the legislation is now making its way through Congress . The current ECPA allows government agencies to force internet companies to hand over content of email communications without needing a warrant. The law was written before the digital era and needs to be updated, as some believe that the ECPA is hurting Washington tech companies' trade relations with other countries.
Electronic Communications Privacy Act ( , and other tech industry players, testified in US 1986 that the 30-year-old Congress ECPA), written in 1986 , needs an overhaul. A reform on the legislation is now making its way through Congress . The current ECPA allows government agencies to force internet companies to hand over content of email communications without needing a warrant. The law was written before the digital era and needs to be updated, as some believe that the ECPA is hurting Washington tech companies' trade relations with other countries.