SCA
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SCA is a U.S. federal law that governs the privacy and disclosure of stored electronic communications and related data held by service providers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| SCA canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3173776 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: SCA Context triple: [Stored Communications Act, shortName, SCA]
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A.
SCA
SCA is the National Rail station code for Scarborough railway station in North Yorkshire, England.
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B.
SCAR
SCAR is an international scientific body that coordinates and promotes research in and about Antarctica and the Southern Ocean.
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C.
SCMA
SCMA is the Smith College Museum of Art, a prominent academic art museum known for its diverse collections and educational programs in Northampton, Massachusetts.
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D.
SCS
SCS is Carnegie Mellon University's renowned School of Computer Science, recognized globally for pioneering research and education in computing and related fields.
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E.
SICA
SICA is a regional organization that promotes political, economic, and social integration among Central American countries.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: SCA Target entity description: SCA is a U.S. federal law that governs the privacy and disclosure of stored electronic communications and related data held by service providers.
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A.
SCA
SCA is the National Rail station code for Scarborough railway station in North Yorkshire, England.
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B.
SCAR
SCAR is an international scientific body that coordinates and promotes research in and about Antarctica and the Southern Ocean.
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C.
SCMA
SCMA is the Smith College Museum of Art, a prominent academic art museum known for its diverse collections and educational programs in Northampton, Massachusetts.
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D.
SCS
SCS is Carnegie Mellon University's renowned School of Computer Science, recognized globally for pioneering research and education in computing and related fields.
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E.
SICA
SICA is a regional organization that promotes political, economic, and social integration among Central American countries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal law
ⓘ
electronic communications law ⓘ privacy law ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
Electronic Communications Privacy Act
ⓘ
surface form:
ECPA
SCA self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| allows | government access to stored communications under specified legal process ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
electronic communication service providers
ⓘ
internet service providers ⓘ providers of electronic mail services ⓘ providers of online storage services ⓘ remote computing service providers ⓘ |
| codifiedIn | Title 18 of the United States Code ⓘ |
| codifiedSections | 18 U.S.C. §§ 2701–2712 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| defines |
electronic communication service
ⓘ
remote computing service ⓘ |
| enactedAsPartOf | Electronic Communications Privacy Act ⓘ |
| enforcementBy | United States Department of Justice ⓘ |
| fullName | Stored Communications Act ⓘ |
| governs |
disclosure of stored electronic communications
ⓘ
privacy of stored electronic communications ⓘ |
| hasBeenInterpretedBy |
United States courts of appeals
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Courts of Appeals
Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
surface form:
United States Supreme Court
|
| jurisdiction |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal government
|
| legalArea |
data privacy
ⓘ
electronic surveillance ⓘ |
| partOf |
Electronic Communications Privacy Act
ⓘ
surface form:
Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986
|
| prohibits |
certain voluntary disclosures of customer communications by providers
ⓘ
unauthorized access to stored electronic communications ⓘ |
| provides |
civil remedies for violations
ⓘ
criminal penalties for certain violations ⓘ |
| purpose | to protect the privacy of electronic communications stored by third-party service providers ⓘ |
| regulates |
access to stored electronic communications
ⓘ
disclosure of customer communications records ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Pen Register Act
ⓘ
Wiretap Act ⓘ |
| requires | warrants for certain content disclosures ⓘ |
| section |
18 U.S.C. § 2701
ⓘ
18 U.S.C. §§ 2701–2712 ⓘ
surface form:
18 U.S.C. § 2702
18 U.S.C. § 2703 ⓘ 18 U.S.C. § 2707 ⓘ 18 U.S.C. § 2711 ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
stored emails
ⓘ
stored text messages ⓘ subscriber records ⓘ transactional data held by service providers ⓘ |
| yearEnacted | 1986 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: SCA Description of subject: SCA is a U.S. federal law that governs the privacy and disclosure of stored electronic communications and related data held by service providers.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Stored Communications Act