House Group Introduces Bipartisan Bill for Protecting Email Privacy

Bipartisan legislation introduced Tuesday would require a warrant for police to access emails and other digital records, and let providers notify users when officials request data. Introduced by Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Wash.; House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y.; and Republican Reps. Jim Sensenbrenner of Wisconsin and Rodney David of Illinois, the Email Privacy Act would amend current law that allows police to “seize any email older than 180 days without a warrant.”