Senator Leahy Introduces Benchmark Bill To Update Key Digital Privacy Law

by Gary Kopycinski on May 17, 2011

Gary Kopycinski Author

More in National:

Rep. Kelly Condemns FDA Approval of Flavored E-Cigarettes May 6, 2026
Wisconsin Legislative Black Caucus Introduces Constitutional Amendment to Ban Slavery in Wisconsin February 24, 2026
Martha Washington’s Enslaved Maid Ona Judge Made a Daring Escape to Freedom – but the National Park Service Has Erased Her Story From Philadelphia Exhibit February 14, 2026

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 17, 2011. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) Tuesday introduced anticipated legislation to update the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), one of the nation’s premier digital privacy laws. Leahy was the lead author of the 1986 law, which was enacted to protect the privacy of Americans’ electronic communications.