The House Passes the Email Privacy Act

The House Passes the Email Privacy Act

On Monday, The U.S. House of Representatives approved HR 387, The Email Privacy Act, which updates the nation’s email surveillance laws so that federal investigators are required to obtain a court-ordered warrant for access to older stored emails.

I guess this shouldn't have been too much of a surprise, because last year, the House also passed this bill - unanimously.

So why isn't it law? The Senate! It stalled there last year, never getting to a vote. The bill's champions are concerned that the same thing will happen this year.

I'm going to find out more information about when this bill will be considered by the Senate Judiciary Committee, and let you know what you can do to encourage it in committee and in voting, if it gets that far.

For more complete information, read the article below, which contains links to more information:

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/02/house-passes-long-sought-email-privacy-bill