Senator Leahy Calls for Privacy Hearings
Senator Leahy, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, called for privacy hearings on updating the Electronic Privacy Communications Act (EPCA). Earlier in the week a coalition of companies, organizations, and academics called for tougher standards to control government access to electronic communications held by private companies. A Department of Justice Inspector General report recounted serious breakdowns in FBI protocols in using "exigent letters" to gain access to telephone records.
Senator Calls For Privacy Hearings, By Antone Gonsalves, Information Week, April 1, 2010
