Enacted in 1986 as part of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, the SCA originally was intended to create additional protections for owners of electronic data given the increasing use of third party vendors for data storage and electronic communications services.

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Since this elaborate electronic hoax is an embarrassment to the university at a level, will athletic departments create red flag words and phrases that alert the school of illicit conversations and then monitor player electronic communications like cell phone and computer data?

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The Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) strictly prohibits the interception of content and traffic data and limits access to stored communications (such as emails).

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The industry fees will also be used to advance the development of drugs for rare diseases, increase communications with small or new companies, and boost standardized electronic data usage to improve quality and effectiveness.

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Electronic Communications Bill to amend legislation to the use of electronic signatures and data.

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During a stint at SunGuard Data Systems in the late 1990s he helped develop Brut, an early electronic communications network, or ECN, that allowed traders to bypass established exchanges and match their buy and sell orders online.

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