Stored Communications Act

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United States federal statute computer law privacy law

The Stored Communications Act is a U.S. federal law that governs government and third-party access to stored electronic communications and associated data held by service providers.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Stored Communications Act canonical	9
Stored Wire and Electronic Communications and Transactional Records Access Act	1
The Stored Communications Act is unconstitutional to the extent it allows the government to obtain email contents from a provider without a warrant.	1
Title II – Stored Communications Act	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal statute ⓘ computer law ⓘ privacy law ⓘ
allows	court orders for certain transactional records ⓘ subpoenas for certain non-content records ⓘ
amendedBy	USA FREEDOM Act ⓘ USA PATRIOT Act ⓘ
appliesTo	electronic communication service providers ⓘ remote computing service providers ⓘ
codifiedAs	18 U.S.C. §§ 2701–2712 ⓘ
codifiedIn	Title 18 of the United States Code ⓘ
contains	exceptions for emergency disclosures ⓘ exceptions for provider self-defense and service protection ⓘ exceptions for user consent ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dateEnacted	1986-10-21 ⓘ
defines	electronic communication service ⓘ remote computing service ⓘ
enactedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
fullName	Stored Communications Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Stored Wire and Electronic Communications and Transactional Records Access Act
governs	government access to stored communications ⓘ third-party access to stored communications ⓘ
imposes	restrictions on voluntary disclosure of communications by providers ⓘ
influencedBy	advances in electronic mail technology ⓘ
jurisdiction	federal ⓘ
partOf	Electronic Communications Privacy Act ⓘ
provides	civil remedies for unauthorized access to stored communications ⓘ criminal penalties for unauthorized access to stored communications ⓘ
purpose	to protect privacy of stored electronic communications ⓘ to regulate law enforcement access to stored communications data ⓘ
regulates	access to electronic communication records ⓘ access to stored electronic communications ⓘ access to stored wire communications ⓘ access to subscriber records ⓘ
relatedTo	Electronic Communications Privacy Act ⓘ Fourth Amendment privacy issues ⓘ
requires	warrants for certain content of communications ⓘ
section	18 U.S.C. § 2701 ⓘ 18 U.S.C. § 2702 ⓘ 18 U.S.C. § 2703 ⓘ 18 U.S.C. § 2707 ⓘ 18 U.S.C. § 2711 ⓘ
shortName	SCA ⓘ
signedBy	Ronald Reagan ⓘ
subjectOf	Carpenter v. United States ⓘ Microsoft Corp. v. United States ⓘ United States v. Warshak ⓘ
yearEnacted	1986 ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Electronic Communications Privacy Act → component → Stored Communications Act ⓘ

Public Law 99-508 → component → Stored Communications Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Title II – Stored Communications Act

Public Law 99-508 → creates → Stored Communications Act ⓘ

Public Law 99-508 → relatedTo → Stored Communications Act ⓘ

Stored Communications Act → fullName → Stored Communications Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Stored Wire and Electronic Communications and Transactional Records Access Act

Wiretap Act → distinguishedFrom → Stored Communications Act ⓘ

Pen Register Act → relatedTo → Stored Communications Act ⓘ

SCA → fullName → Stored Communications Act ⓘ

18 U.S.C. §§ 2701–2712 → subjectOf → Stored Communications Act ⓘ

United States v. Warshak → holding → Stored Communications Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Stored Communications Act is unconstitutional to the extent it allows the government to obtain email contents from a provider without a warrant.

United States v. Warshak → statuteInterpreted → Stored Communications Act ⓘ

Microsoft Corp. v. United States → concernsStatute → Stored Communications Act ⓘ