The Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 (ECPA) was enacted by the United States Congress to extend restrictions on government wire taps of telephone calls to include transmissions of electronic data by computer (18 U.S.C. § 2510 et seq.), added new provisions prohibiting access to stored electronic communications, i.e., the Stored Communications Act (SCA, 18 U.S.C. § 2701 et seq.), and added so-called pen trap provisions that permit the tracing of telephone communications (18 U.S.C. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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EraSourced to the subject's own accountEnacted 1986 (99th Congress; Pub. L. 99-508); effective October 21, 1986; signed by President Ronald Reagan. 1 Promulgated BySourced to the subject's own accountUnited States Congress, 99th Congress, signed by President Ronald Reagan. 1 Jurisdiction ScopeSourced to the subject's own accountUnited States, federal law governing electronic and stored communications nationwide. 1 Regulatory DomainSourced to the subject's own accountElectronic communications privacy and surveillance. 1 Classification
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both are core US federal sectoral privacy statutes in the absence of a comprehensive federal privacy law
Comparative privacy law regularly contrasts the United States sectoral approach exemplified by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act with the European Union's omnibus General Data Protection Regulation.
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United States federal statute, within the common law tradition.
Source Major Legal Systems in the World TodayRene David and John E.C. Brierley
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The Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 (ECPA) was enacted by the United States Congress to extend restrictions on government wire taps of telephone calls to include transmissions of electronic data by computer (18 U.S.C. § 2510 et seq.), added new provisions prohibiting access to stored electronic communications, i.e., the Stored Communications Act (SCA, 18 U.S.C. § 2701 et seq.), and added so-called pen trap provisions that permit the tracing of telephone communications (18 U.S.C.
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The Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 (ECPA) was enacted by the United States Congress to extend restrictions on government wire taps of telephone calls to include transmissions of electronic data by computer (18 U.S.C. § 2510 et seq.), added new provisions prohibiting access to stored electronic communications, i.e., the Stored Communications Act (SCA, 18 U.S.C. § 2701 et seq.), and added so-called pen trap provisions that permit the tracing of telephone communications (18 U.S.C. § 3121 et seq.).
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