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Google leads call to change privacy law in US
Mar 30, 2010 // The Financial Times

US technology companies have formed a coalition to support changes to digital privacy laws, which they argue would protect Americans from government overstepping its bounds.  The Financial Times reports the coalition is working to amend the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986, which they feel must be updated to include guidelines for technologies that became popular after the legislation's passage:

The coalition is looking to rework the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, which was passed in 1986 and governs what kinds of private digital information the government has access to and how they may obtain it. The act was passed long before the internet became popular. Businesses and individuals are using it to store sensitive data, and it has become outdated, the coalition says.