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      "id": 100053,
      "date": "2000-10-03",
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      "title": "Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 2000 (H.R. 5018): Summary in Brief",
      "summary": "The House Judiciary Committee approved the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 2000\n( H.R. 5018 ) on September 26, 2000. The purpose of  H.R. 5018  is to\nmodify certain provisions of Title 18 relating to the interception of electronic communications, and\nto address some of the legal issues that the Internet raises.  H.R. 5018  would (i) amend\nthe laws governing how law enforcement may obtain non-content information under pen register/trap\nand trace statutes; (ii) extend the statutory exclusionary rule to electronic communications in transit\n(real-time), and to stored electronic communications; and (iii) extend Title III's (the wiretap statute)\nreporting requirements to stored electronic communications.  H.R. 5018  was amended\nin Committee. A similar bill has not been introduced in the Senate. Information on amendments\nto the bill's during markup provisions are derived from published news reports.\n  The legislation was also prompted in part by privacy concerns over the FBI's \"Carnivore\"\nInternet surveillance system. Installed on the network of an Internet service provider, Carnivore\nmonitors communications on the network and records messages sent or received by a targeted user. \nCarnivore can reportedly also provide the origin and destination of all communications to and from\na particular ISP customer. Privacy advocates, civil libertarians, Internet users, and the computer\nindustry expressed concern over Carnivore's threats to the privacy and security of Internet\ncommunications. Congressional attention was immediate with hearings on Carnivore held by the\nHouse and Senate Judiciary Committees. At the hearings, the Department of Justice urged Congress\nto update the Electronic Communications Privacy Act and the pen register and trap/trace statutes to\naddress criminal use of the Internet. In July the Clinton Administration, through the Department\nof Justice, transmitted to Congress proposed legislation to amend the substantive laws defining what\nconduct is criminal on the Internet, and the procedural laws used to investigate computer crimes (the\nfederal wiretap and electronic privacy laws). This report will be updated when warranted.",
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