Electronic Communications Privacy Act

Access To Data, Privacy, US Policy ECPA, Electronic Communications Privacy Act, Supreme Court, U.S. Supreme Court

i2Coalition Statement on Supreme Court Ruling Against Police Cell Phone Searches Without a Warrant

June 25, 2014

Washington, D.C. – Internet Infrastructure Coalition (i2Coalition) Co-Founder and Public Policy Chair David Snead released the following statement today on the Supreme Court ruling that police may not search the cell phones of criminal suspects upon arrest without a warrant: “The Supreme Court ruled unanimously today that police can’t search cell phones of criminal suspects […]

Access To Data, Privacy, US Policy ECPA, Electronic Communications Privacy Act

New Allies Join ECPA Reform Efforts

June 18, 2014

Reforming the outdated Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) is one of our top policy priorities. The i2Coalition and allies in our industry and in Washington have worked for continuous change. Fortunately, we are now one step closer to needed reform. The Yoder-Polis Email Privacy Act, legislation currently in play to update the antiquated law, recently […]

Access To Data, Privacy, US Policy ECPA, Electronic Communications Privacy Act

i2Coalition Statement on White House “Big Data” Report

May 1, 2014

Washington, DC – Internet Infrastructure Coalition (i2Coaliton) Co-Founder and Board Chair Christian Dawson released the following statement on the release of the White House report “Big Data: Seizing Opportunities, Preserving Values,” which included a recommendation for updating ECPA: “Updating the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) has long been a priority for i2Coalition, and we are […]

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Internet Infrastructure Coalition Hosts Internet Education Day on Capitol Hill

March 5, 2014

Cornyn, Lofgren receive “Champion of Internet Innovation” awards Washington, DC – The Internet Infrastructure Coalition (i2Coalition) hosted a program on Wednesday with leaders of the Internet infrastructure industry and members of Congress to discuss best practices, policy goals and the potential for growth of the Internet economy when all parts of the industry’s ecosystem are […]

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i2Coalition Urges Obama Administration on Surveillance, Transparency

January 17, 2014

Washington, DC – Internet Infrastructure Coalition (i2Coaliton) Co-Founder and Board Chair Christian Dawson released the following statement in response to President Obama’s remarks on surveillance reform: “This morning President Obama introduced a set of guidelines aimed at reforming the government’s surveillance practices. The President’s recommendations, while containing some supportable goals, fall short of the meaningful […]

Access To Data, Privacy, US Policy ECPA, Electronic Communications Privacy Act

Day of Action Today: ECPA Reform!

December 5, 2013

Updating the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) has been at the forefront of the i2Coalition’s Public Policy priorities since we launched more than a year ago. We are all keenly aware that ECPA is in need of reform. Technology has significantly advanced since the legislation was enacted in 1986, yet the law remains unchanged. One of […]

Access To Data, Internet Governance, Privacy, The Internet Infrastructure Industry, US Policy ECPA, Electronic Communications Privacy Act, National Security Agency, NSA

i2Coalition Urges Surveillance Panel on Greater Transparency, Multistakeholder Process

October 4, 2013

The i2Coalition has been at the forefront calling for greater transparency and privacy protections concerning the U.S. government’s surveillance activities. The likely economic impacts from the government’s program have yet to be fully realized though estimates already predict a $35 billion loss in revenue over the next three years for the U.S. cloud computing industry. […]

Access To Data, Member Spotlight, Privacy, The Internet Infrastructure Industry, US Policy ECPA, Electronic Communications Privacy Act

i2Coalition Joins in Re-Launching ECPA Reform Effort

September 19, 2013

Reforming the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) has been a public policy priority for the i2Coalition since we launched one-year ago. The outdated law was enacted in 1986 and despite considerable technology advances since that time, the law is largely unchanged. ECPA creates technologically outdated exceptions to the Constitution’s requirement of a warrant. This exception […]

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Internet Infrastructure Coalition (i2Coalition) Signs Letter to Officials Urging Government Transparency

July 18, 2013

Washington, DC – The Internet Infrastructure Coalition (i2Coalition) today joined other leaders from a wide spectrum of industries in signing a letter to President Obama, Attorney General Holder, and other leaders in government. The letter urges greater transparency in national security-related requests by the US government to Internet, telephone, and web-based service providers for information […]

Access To Data, Member Spotlight, Privacy, US Policy ECPA, Electronic Communications Privacy Act

Data Foundry and the i2Coalition Applaud Texas Email Privacy Bill

June 26, 2013

The following is a guest post from Ron Yokubaitis of Data Foundry. Last week, Texas Governor Rick Perry signed into law HB 2268, the nation’s strongest email privacy bill. This bill provides much stronger privacy protections than exist with the current federal law, the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 (ECPA). Looking at the name […]

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