neema singh guliani is with the american civil liberties union. what is ecpa or the electronic communications privacy act? >> guest: ecpa is, quite simply, in today's world the average american expects that the e-mail they send to their loved one is going to have the same constitutional protections as the love letter they may have put in their desk. but unfortunately, our laws that govern when police can access digital content haven't been updated since 1986. in the interim, there have been courts that have said police have to get a warrant before they get things like e-mails or private facebook messages. what this would do is, essentially, put that protection into the law. that's consistent with the policy adopted by the fbi. it's similar to what google, microsoft and other major providers already require. but what it does is put that requirement into the law, eliminating any ambiguity about the protections that should apply to people's private, sensitive digital information. >> host: now, what's the legislative discuss of an update to ecpa right

peter: before we introduce our guest reporter, neema singh guliani, what did you get from this report? neema: it's not providing more protections for e-mails than the love later. it is providing an equivalent protection that the constitution requires. right now, the existing standard is that if police have an emergency, they can go to a provider and tell them. providers routinely respond to those requests. many providers now have a team on call 24 hours a day, in fact, to respond to those requests. the legislation pending preserves that infrastructure. importantly, it does one of the things that we heard is important, set standards. thelarifies that a ward is right process, the right standard that must be met -- a warrant is the right process, the right standard that must be met. peter: mr. porter? bryan: i guess we have a misunderstanding or disagreement exactly what is contemplated through an amendment process, perhaps the end result might address some of our concerns. areongform and officers, we sometimes seen as being resistant to having warrants for this type of information. i do

neema singh guliani is with the american civil liberties union.

. >> host: before we introduce our guest reporter, neema singh guliani, what did you hear from mr. porter? >> guest: the issues raised are addressed in the legislation. it's not providing more protection to your e-mail. if providing the equivalent protection that the constitution requires you in response, the concerns about emergencies. right now the existing and are they can go and needed information. providers routinely respond to requests. many providers have a team on call 24 hours a day to respond to those requests. the legislation that's pending preserves the existing infrastructure and importantly it does benefit and we heard that it's important, which sets the standards for what all providers must follow. import you qualify as it is the right process. it is the right vendor that must be met. it's really a step forward in terms of creating players tenders that companies can file a deadline person and prosecutors can accept. >> i guess we had some disagreement about exactly what contemplated by ecpa. going through an amendment process, the end result might address our concern

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