Reading our emails without a warrant? Tell Congress: Protect email privacy!
Did you know the federal government can read any of your emails that are more than six months old without a warrant?
This is because of language in the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986, which extends Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable search and seizure only to emails sent or received fewer than 180 days ago.
ALL of our emails, not just recent ones, must be protected by the Fourth Amendment. In light of sweeping NSA surveillance conducted on US citizens, it's more important than ever to protect our privacy rights.
Bipartisan legislation introduced by Reps. Kevin Yoder (R-KS) and Jared Polis (D-CO) in the House and Senators Mike Lee (R-UT) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT) in the Senate would close this loophole. Sign the petition to tell your member of Congress to pass the Email Privacy Act!
To my member of Congress:
I urge you to vote YES on the Electronic Communications Privacy Amendments Act of 2015. We need to close the loophole that allows the government to search our private emails without a warrant once they are more than six months old.
In the digital age and in light of sweeping NSA surveillance conducted on US citizens, it is more important than ever to protect our email communications under the Fourth Amendment. Please stand up for citizens' privacy rights!
