Lege Trend. Data protection. Email Protection. Less Government Intrusion. More Warrants.

The Legislature: Congress

The data protection bill: Email Privacy Act to update a 1986 law on email

Where is the bill? It passed the House and is moving to the Senate

What’s the fundamental change in the Email Privacy Act? To universally require warrants for emails stored on 3rd party servers

Is this in line with industry standards? Yes, Google, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft and Verizon require warrants before they release emails stored on their servers

The Hill | House passes bill requiring warrants for email searches