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Dear Representative, We, the undersigned civil society organizations, companies and trade associations, write to express our support for the Email Privacy Act (H.R. 699). The Act updates the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), the law that...

UPDATE: June 18, 2014 Yesterday, the Email Privacy Act, H.R. 1852, reached 218 co-sponsors in the House of Representatives. That’s great news, since 218 is the crucial number representing a majority of members of the House. It also means that there...

Protesters with Guy Fawkes masks to protest March 31, 2012 in Vienna, Austria with a replica of a coffin bearing the words “privacy” against data retention. (Photo courtesy of Ronald Zak / DAPD) Laws protecting Americans’ privacy online...

No Warrant, No Problem: How the Government Can Get Your Digital Data by ProPublica Update, June 27, 2014: This post has been updated. It was originally published on Dec. 4, 2012. The government isn’t allowed to wiretap American citizens without a warrant...

A Microsoft corporate vice president discusses new software in 2012. Jeff Chiu / AP Thirty years ago, a law designed to balance the privacy expectations of American citizens and the needs of law enforcement agencies put limits on electronic searches...