US House unanimously passed bill requiring warrants for e-mail
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The US House unanimously approved legislation Wednesday requiring the authorities to obtain a court warrant to acquire e-mail and stored cloud data.
The Email Privacy Act unwinds a President Ronald Reagan-era law that allows the authorities to access e-mail and data from service providers without a warrant if the message or data is at least 180 days old. The 1986 e-mail privacy law, adopted when CompuServe was king, considered cloud-stored e-mail and other documents older than six months to be abandoned and ripe for the taking.
The measure now goes to the Senate, where its passage is unknown. The Senate Judiciary Committee for years has debated, and even passed similar legislation, which has gone nowhere. President Obama must also sign the bill, and it’s unlikely yet hopeful it would reach his desk before his term expires in January.
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