House Passes Email Privacy Act, Drawing CTA Cheers

CTA CEO Gary Shapiro applauded the House for passing the Email Privacy Act (HR-387) Thursday, saying the bill extends the same privacy protections as afforded physical mail to online communication. The lower chamber passed the bill by voice vote as an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act. “This vote is a clear, bipartisan sign that it’s time for federal law to recognize the realities of today’s data storage,” Shapiro said. “We now urge the Senate to advance this important legislation.”