"Party Like It's 1986" Party Highlights Woefully Outdated Electronic Privacy Law
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Remember hairspray and side ponytails, walkmen and Atari, stirrup pants and legwarmers? They all made a comeback Wednesday night at the ACLU of Northern California's dotRights "Party Like It's 1986" bash.
80s fashion and music like Bon Jovi's 1986 hit "Livin' on a Prayer" underscored just how outdated electronic privacy law is, and that it's high time for better privacy protection.
The Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) was written in 1986. That's right, the federal law that is supposed to be protecting the privacy of your electronic communications was written 24 years ago- before the World Wide Web even existed! That's the opposite of awesome…
Thank you to everyone who came out in fine 80s duds to party with the ACLU and learn more about why electronic privacy law still shouldn't be stuck in the big hair era!
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It's time to stop paying for new technology with your privacy.
It's time to demand a privacy upgrade.
It's time to Demand Your dotRights!
