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Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986  

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  • The Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 (ECPA; also called the Wiretap Act) is a federal law that was an amendment to the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968. While the 1968 act established government restrictions on wiretaps, the ECPA extended these restrictions to all forms of electronic communications, primarily computer communications and later email and cell phones. [Source: Encyclopedia of the Fourth Amendment; Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986]

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