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Title: Victory in California! Gov. Brown Signs CalECPA, Requiring Police to Get a Warrant Before Accessing Your Data
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Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
URL Source: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/ ... g-police-get-warrant-accessing
Published: Oct 11, 2015
Author: Dave Maass
Post Date: 2015-10-11 21:25:58 by Hondo68
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Californians can rest assured that law enforcement can’t poke around in their digital records without first obtaining a warrant. Today, Gov. Jerry Brown has signed S.B. 178, the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act (CalECPA). After months of pressure from public interest groups, media organizations, privacy advocates, tech companies, and thousands of members of the public, California’s elected leaders have updated the state’s privacy laws so that they are in line with how people actually use technology today. CalECPA protects Californians by requiring a warrant for digital records, including emails and texts, as well as a user's geographical location. These protections apply not only to your devices, but to online services that store your data. Only two other states have so far offered these protections: Maine and Utah. Here’s what the bill’s authors had to say about the victory: Sen. Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) For too long, California’s digital privacy laws have been stuck in the Dark Ages, leaving our personal emails, text messages, photos and smartphones increasingly vulnerable to warrantless searches. That ends today with the Governor’s signature of CalECPA, a carefully crafted law that protects personal information of all Californians. The bill also ensures that law enforcement officials have the tools they need to continue to fight crime in the digital age. Sen. Joel Anderson (R-Alpine) Senator Leno and I helped bridge the gap between progressives and conservatives to make the privacy of Californians a top priority this year. This bipartisan bill protects Californians’ basic civil liberties as the Fourth Amendment and the California Constitution intended. EFF, along with the ACLU and the California Newspaper Publishers Association, sponsored the bill from the very beginning, recognizing how the right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure is inherently tied to freedom of speech. Tech corporations also recognized that, following two years of government spying scandals, consumers have lost trust in the companies' ability to protect their digital information. In response, Silicon Valley's major players, including Adobe, Apple, Facebook, LinkedIn, Dropbox, Google, and Twitter, all threw their support behind the bill. After months of negotiation, the state's major law enforcement organizations also withdrew their opposition, stating that the bill struck an appropriate balance between public safety and privacy. The San Diego Police Officers Association further lent its endorsement to S.B. 178, arguing that clear processes for obtaining data would improve their ability to do their jobs, while also protecting privacy. CalECPA's passage marks a significant milestone in the campaign to update computer privacy laws, which have been stuck in the 1980s. We hope that California's success will lend momentum to the federal Electronic Communications Privacy Act. Contact your senators and representatives today and urge them to extend these protections nationwide. Poster Comment: Seems that in theory Gov Moonbeam is more conservative and pro civil rights than Carly Fiorina, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Christie Toad-Whitman. I don't really trust Jerry Brown and Attorney General Kamala D. Harris to enforce the law. They haven't yet, so why would they start now? I know there's an crackdown on guns, and phony NICS checks. Related Cases
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#1. To: hondo68 (#0)
I guess since a broken clock can be right twice a day,it is possible for a left-wing loon to be right once a year. Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
More anti-police legislation designed to tie the hands of our fine, upstanding "heroes" in blue just to appease the anti-cop dopers and those who think that the 4th amendment should apply when police want to snoop on your private electronic communications. This will only put more cops in danger and make them fear for their lives. If you're not doing anything wrong, you should have nothing to hide comrade. < / cop worshiper > In a Cop Culture, the Bill of Rights Doesn’t Amount to MuchToday, Gov. Jerry Brown has signed S.B. 178, the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act (CalECPA).
#2. To: hondo68 (#0)
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Californians can rest assured that law enforcement can’t poke around in their digital records without first obtaining a warrant.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
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