Law governing law enforcement access to mobile-phone data, e-mail messages and other electronic communications is outdated, senators say. Several Democratic members of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee called for changes to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. Two representatives of the Obama administration wouldn’t commit to supporting major changes to ECPA. The Department of Commerce is open to discussing changes, says Cameron Kerry, general counsel at the Commerce Department. Law enforcement agencies and privacy advocates would be better served with an updated law that clears up confusion, Leahy says.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2127974/senators–e-surveillance-law-needs-to-be-updated.html