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I pulled the following item off another system. I'm posting it here because
I thought it might be relevant to the current discussion.

Phil

C1025 CC204  Harry Goodman (Harry,409)   9/ 8/85  12:26 PM  L:49
KEYS:/LEAHY'S ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS PRIVACY ACT / A START/

This report from Billye Leymon of the MetaNetwork:

Thought you'd be interested in this:

 Senator Leahy to propose Electronic Communications Privacy Act

 This afternoon, at the first annual meeting of the Electronic
 MAIL Association, Senator Patrick J. Leahy (Democrat-Vermont)
 announced his intention to introduce the Electronic Communication
 Privacy Act of 1985.  When the Senate reconvenes, similar
 legislation will be introduced in the House.  In his address,
 Senator Leahy focused on the complex public policy problems which
 have emerged with the increase of computer-based communications.

 Policy is now needed to protect the privacy and security of
 communication exchanged via new technologies, so that citizens
 may feel as secure using newer communications media as they do in
 using the mail services or the telephone.  At present, the
 Federal legislation enacted in 1968 on the illegality of
 wire-tapping is the only act which might apply to privacy of
 communication issues.  That legislation designed to protect voice
 communication via common carrier is no longer adequate, as
 protection is extended only to communication "capable of being
 heard." According to the Senator, current federal policy needs to
 protect "WHAT is being transmitted, not the WAY it is
 transmitted."

 The Senator, Vice-Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on
 Policy, is committed to the protection of private communication
 from any source, be it government itself or a private, undetected
 perhaps, intruder in a database.

 The to-be-proposed Electronic Communication Privacy Act of 1985
 will make five important changes to the "wire tap laws." As
 outlined, these changes will:
     - extend coverage from "voice" to all electronic transmission
     - recognize private carriers, so that all communications
       systems will be covered, not just common carriers as at
       present.
     - institute civil and criminal penalties for illegal access.
     - institute civil penalties for _disclosure_ of private
       information stored on any system.
     - for law enforcement, require that a court order be obtained
       before accessing information stored on private
       communications systems.

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 HarryG