Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 (ECPA)

Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 (ECPA)

Definition

A federal statute that updated the Federal Wiretap Act of 1968 to extend privacy protections to electronic communications, including email, telephone conversations, and data stored electronically. The ECPA protects wire, oral, and electronic communications while they are being made and when they are stored.

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