SIIA Urges Support for Legislation to Reform ECPA as House Subcommittee Examines Cloud Privacy
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SIIA Urges Support for Legislation to Reform ECPA as House Subcommittee Examines Cloud Privacy
Trade Group Calls for Level Playing Field for Cloud Computing
WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 18, 2013) – As the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security and Investigations prepares for a hearing tomorrow regarding reform of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) president Ken Wasch issued the following statement.
“We have seen tremendous technological advances in communications and computing technology since 1986, when ECPA was enacted. The legal framework provided by this outdated statue leaves both providers and users of remote computing with a complex and baffling set of rules. These rules are both difficult to explain and to apply in this age of networked and cloud computing.
“SIIA urges members of the Judiciary Committee to work with all deliberate speed to enact legislation creating a warrant requirement for law enforcement access to remotely stored electronic content. It is critical to level the playing field for information Americans store in the cloud, ensuring that it receives the same protection as the information they store in their homes.”
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SIIA is the leading association representing the software and digital content industries. SIIA represents approximately 700 member companies worldwide that develop software and digital information content. Information technology (IT) and software security are critical issues to SIIA’s members, many of whom strive to develop safe, secure and state-of the-art products that effectively serve their commercial and government customers alike, while protecting their intellectual property. For more information, visit www.siia.net.