The Digital 4th Coalition, of which TechFreedom is a proud member, reflects on the successful campaign to get the White House on the record on ECPA reform:
The Digital 4th coalition, members of Digital Due Process and other partners announced the White House petition to reform America’s online privacy laws surpassed 100,000 signatures, garnering support from citizens across the country to keep the government out of online communications. Joined by privacy groups, technology companies, entrepreneurs, advocates and many others, the petition calls on the White House to support updating the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) without civil agency carve outs and make it clear that government agents cannot read citizens’ email without a warrant.
“Today marks the beginning of the end of law enforcement’s ability to read Americans’ emails without a warrant. With growing support for reform in both parties, a clear expression of support from the Administration should be all it takes to finally pass ECPA reform. That victory will be the first towards a longer fight to limit law enforcement’s ability to track our mobile devices and to rein in unconstitutional surveillance by national security agencies,” said Berin Szoka, President of TechFreedom.
Read the full release, including statements from other coalition members, here.