Battle over 1986 email-privacy law heats up in House debate
"But in his prepared testimony, Richard Salgado, Google's director for law enforcement and information security, argued that such an exemption for civil agencies made no sense.
"The power to compel [Internet service] providers to disclose the content of users' communications should be reserved for criminal cases," he said. "Congress should be deeply skeptical of efforts to draft around the Fourth Amendment, which is what some governmental entities are asking it to do." Read more about Battle over 1986 email-privacy law heats up in House debate