{"id":1699,"date":"2013-06-01T17:02:39","date_gmt":"2013-06-01T17:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ncjolt.org\/?p=1699"},"modified":"2020-06-04T20:54:01","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T20:54:01","slug":"stealing-glances-electronic-communications-privacy-and-the-necessity-for-new-legislation-in-the-digital-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journals.law.unc.edu\/ncjolt\/articles\/stealing-glances-electronic-communications-privacy-and-the-necessity-for-new-legislation-in-the-digital-age\/","title":{"rendered":"Stealing Glances: Electronic Communications Privacy and the Necessity for New Legislation in the Digital Age"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Electronic communication technology has seamlessly woven itself into the fabric of individuals\u2019 daily lives. Technology\u2019s rapid evolution and continuous advancement has made it possible for more people to enjoy access to devices that facilitate electronic communications. Technology\u2019s progression, however, is starkly contrasted against the law\u2019s inability to keep pace. <em>Garcia v. City of Laredo<\/em> highlights the gap in protection that certain electronic communication technologies suffer under the Stored Communications Act. Although the Act was envisioned by Congress to provide greater protection for future forms of communication, courts\u2019 narrow interpretations of the privacy protections and the lack of any major revisions have resulted in the need for new legislation to better serve Congress\u2019s original purpose.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Electronic communication technology has seamlessly woven itself into the fabric of individuals\u2019 daily lives. Technology\u2019s rapid evolution and continuous advancement has made it possible for more people to enjoy access to devices that facilitate electronic communications. Technology\u2019s progression, however, is starkly contrasted against the law\u2019s inability to keep pace. Garcia v. City of Laredo highlights <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.law.unc.edu\/ncjolt\/articles\/stealing-glances-electronic-communications-privacy-and-the-necessity-for-new-legislation-in-the-digital-age\/\" class=\"more-link\">&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,93,53],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journals.law.unc.edu\/ncjolt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1699"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journals.law.unc.edu\/ncjolt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journals.law.unc.edu\/ncjolt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journals.law.unc.edu\/ncjolt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journals.law.unc.edu\/ncjolt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1699"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journals.law.unc.edu\/ncjolt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6629,"href":"https:\/\/journals.law.unc.edu\/ncjolt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1699\/revisions\/6629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journals.law.unc.edu\/ncjolt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journals.law.unc.edu\/ncjolt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journals.law.unc.edu\/ncjolt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}