Interestingly enough, Google, AT&T and the ACLU are teaming up as part of a coalition to advocate for individuals' digital privacy. The current Electronics Communications Privacy Act is not clear whether our cellphone or cloud data may be searched by the government. At the very least, the current state of electronics privacy law does not guarantee our electronic data the same level of privacy as is given to our tangible data with respect to government access. As such, the Coalition is setting out to propose changes to the law that would give our electronic data the same level of protection as is currently given our tangible data.
This short video captures the gist of what the Coalition is setting out to do:
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