Privacy: An Abbreviated Outline of Federal Statutes Governing Wiretapping and Electronic Eavesdropping

Stevens, Gina Marie ; Doyle, Charles

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Criminal justice;    Eavesdropping;    Electronic surveillance;    Right of privacy;    Wiretapping;   

RP-ID  :  98-327
RP-ID  :  98-327_2008Sep02

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

It is a federal crime to intentionally wiretap or electronically eavesdrop on the conversation of another without a court order or the consent of one of the parties to the conversation. Statutory exceptions to these general prohibitions permit judicially supervised wiretapping or electronic eavesdropping conducted for law enforcement or foreign intelligence gathering purposes. Similar regimes - proscriptions with exceptions for government access under limited circumstances - exist for telephone records, e-mail and other forms of electronic communications.