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In rare unanimous move, House passes bill to protect email and cloud privacy

In rare unanimous move, House passes bill to protect email and cloud privacy

April 28, 2016

The U.S. House of Representatives, in a rare unanimous vote, has approved a bill to strengthen privacy protections for email and other data stored in the cloud.

The Email Privacy Act would require law enforcement agencies to get court-ordered warrants to search email and other data stored with third parties for longer than six months. The House on Wednesday voted 419-0 to pass the legislation and send it to the Senate.

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