In the 17 years since the Electronic Communications Privacy Act was enacted, courts have ruled in hundreds of cases involving the illegal release of subscriber information by Internet companies. But only a handful of decisions have dealt with such information being improperly obtained by government officials.
Police Must Abide by 'Net Privacy Act
In the 17 years since the Electronic Communications Privacy Act was enacted, courts have ruled in hundreds of cases involving the illegal release of subscriber information by Internet companies. But only a handful of decisions have dealt with such information being improperly obtained by government officials. A federal court ruling issued last month ' castigating two Fairfield, CT, police detectives for using an unsigned warrant to attain AOL subscriber information ' is just the fourth such opinion,
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