ACLU: IRS docs on warrantless email search show why we need reform
Recently revealed IRS documents suggesting the agency’s criminal division engages in warrantless email surveillance show that the country’s 27-year-old privacy law need to be updated, says the American Civil Liberties Union.
The Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) — first passed in 1986 — originally defined what federal agents could and could not do in order to access electronic communications necessary for an investigation.
