In accordance with the Privacy Act, we will not discuss why he was rejected.
Naturally, the FBI claims that the NGI program is in compliance with the U.S. Privacy Act.
In fact, the judge ruled on the Electronic Communications Privacy Act - sponsored by Sen.
Over the weekend, the White House expressed opposition to the current form of the Online Privacy Act.
The department wants to exempt the database from some provisions of the Privacy Act, as NPR's Pam Fessler reports.
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Facebook is also required to protect us thanks to the Stored Communications Act, added to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act in 1986.
That decision is the first to rule on this set of facts in the context of the now-ancient Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA).
David Sobel notes that the department wants to be exempt from a Privacy Act requirement that the information collected be relevant and necessary.
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The Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) strictly prohibits the interception of content and traffic data and limits access to stored communications (such as emails).
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Where the Privacy Act provides that certain of its obligations are non-exemptible, an agency cannot escape liability simply by exempting itself from the Act.
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That privacy violation, the lawsuit alleges, breaches the Fourth Amendment, the Computer Fraud Abuse Act and the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, among other statutes.
In 1986, The Electronic Communications Privacy Act updated federal wiretapping law in an effort to protect the Fourth Amendment rights of cell phone users.
Basically, vacuum up every piece of information that they can get their hands on and then exempt themselves from the requirements of the Privacy Act.
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Earlier this year, California instituted the "reader privacy act, " which makes it more difficult for law-enforcement groups to gain access to consumers' digital reading records.
Now that the Video Protection Privacy Act has been amended, Netflix also mentioned Facebook integration will be enabled in the coming months for US customers.
As Judge Smith pointed out, the plaintiff lawyers sued under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act and other laws that prohibit the unauthorized release of personal information.
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Under the 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), a file stored on a hard drive in your home has greater protection than information stored with a third-party.
In response, I read to her the Privacy Act statement that is printed on the front of the form, which can be downloaded from government Web sites.
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In Havana, Lynn Roche, an official with the U.S. Interest Section, said section officials couldn't discuss any case of an American who hasn't signed a privacy act waiver.
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And those are very fundamental rights under the Privacy Act.
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The privacy act was originally passed in 1988 after a video store leaked a list of the movies rented by then-Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork to a reporter.
Still there are signs of bipartisan support on Capitol Hill for updates to Fourth Amendment law, which hasn't undergone a serious overhaul since the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986.
The company has held back from a year-old lobbying effort known as Digital Due Process, aimed at reforming the Electronic Communications Privacy Act to clarify and strengthen privacy protections for users.
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Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon and others have fought for reform of the SCA, part of the larger Electronic Communications Privacy Act, with a lobbying effort known as Digital Due Process.
That lack of transparency is compounded by the fact that just who can be surveilled in a case is far from clear, thanks to ambiguities in the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA).
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Three federal laws -- the Privacy Protection Act, the Electronic Communications Privacy Act and the Cable Communication Provider Act -- overlap and contradict one another in protecting Internet users' identities and personal information.
The GOP memo is dated September 17, 2010, shortly before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (which we legal privacy geeks lovingly refer to as ECPA).
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The Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) have reasonable intents, but are singularly poorly constructed, seemingly drafted because the Digital Millennium Copyright Act was not producing the intended effect.
Congress will likely try to address some of these issues during Obama's second term by updating the antiquated Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986, which dictates what types of personal information the government can access.
In his written testimony, Salgado notes that the 1986 ECPA (Electronic Communications Privacy Act) doesn't reflect the internet circa 2013, noting how cloud computing has increased the amount of user information shared and stored online.
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