E-Mail Privacy Bill would update the 27-year-old Electronic Communications Privacy Act by requiring a warrant to access personal e-mails and other digital content held by third-party service providers. Several senators said they agreed with the Securities and Exchange Commission chair that the bill could hinder investigations. S. 607 would not prohibit investigators who obtain subpoenas from gaining access to non-content information such as routing data, customer names and session records. The bill would allow federal agencies to compel service providers, pending issuance of a court order, to prevent users who are targets of criminal and civil investigations from deleting e-mail.”]
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