On December 14, 2010 the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in U.S. v. Warshak that provisions of the Stored Communications Act (a part of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act) allowing law enforcement access to email without a warrant are unconstitutional. As ITIF and others have noted before the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), enacted in 1986, has not kept pace with the advancement of technology. ECPA establishes standards for government access to email and other electronic...