They must notify those individuals whose ESI is being collected of the intended use of those data sets.

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Enacted in 1986 as part of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, the SCA originally was intended to create additional protections for owners of electronic data given the increasing use of third party vendors for data storage and electronic communications services.

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