A federal law - the Stored Communications Act - allows prosecutors to obtain certain electronic data without a search warrant or a demonstration of probable cause.

一项联邦法律——《存储信息通讯法案》允许检察官在未得到调查授权或未说明可能原因的前提下可以获取某些电子信息。

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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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