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[ NNSquad ] Petition - Reform ECPA: Tell the Government to Get a Warrant
Petition - Reform ECPA: Tell the Government to Get a Warrant Regular readers know that I've expressed considerable skepticism regarding the efficacy of Internet petitions in general, and of the White House We the People site in particular. But a current petition asking for reform of the more than quarter of a century old ECPA (Electronic Communications Privacy Act) -- a law we've talked about many times in the past -- is one I urge signing. While I don't realistically expect the White House to change its position on ECPA based on this petition (which of course has been the traditional position of all administrations since the law's enactment) I do feel it is extremely important to get our voices on the record about the critical need to bring the ECPA into the 21st century with appropriate protections for all of our online data, without the sorts of bizarre and dangerous exceptions that are part and parcel of the existing ECPA. These reforms are widely supported throughout the Internet services industry. Google is directly encouraging signups via: http://takeaction.withgoogle.com/white-house-petition The original link to the petition is: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/reform-ecpa-tell-government-get-warrant/nq258dxk Thanks! --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://google.com/+LaurenWeinstein Twitter: http://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com _______________________________________________ nnsquad mailing list http://lists.nnsquad.org/mailman/listinfo/nnsquad