Voters are much more likely to vote for...
Voters are much more likely to vote for candidates favoring Electronic Communications Privacy Act updates than for those who don’t back updating ECPA, and 84 percent of voters said it’s time for an update, said polling from the Digital 4th…
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Coalition, which supports refreshing the act (http://bit.ly/1pH85WG). The coalition of civil liberties and conservative groups commissioned Vox Populi to poll registered and active voters in six states and one city -- Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Nevada, New Hampshire, Virginia and Los Angeles -- during the week of May 26. “Americans of all ages, genders, political affiliation and races want their online privacy protected,” Digital 4th said. Voters who spent the most time online were also most likely to support ECPA updates, it said. Digital 4th wants Congress to pass the Email Privacy Act (HR-1852), which would update the ECPA to require a search warrant of all remotely stored electronic communications.