Wiretapping+and+Evesdropping+Laws

Stevens, Gina Marie and Charles Doyle. Privacy. [Electronic Resource] : An Abbreviated Outline of Federal Statutes Governing Wiretapping and Electronic Eavesdropping. [Washington, District of Columbia] : [Congressional Research Service, the Library of Congress], [2008], 2008. [CRS report for Congress]: order code 98-327. EBSCOhost, ezproxy.gsu.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=cat00477a&AN=gast.2565244&site=eds-live.

This abbreviated outline of Title III is a great source for understanding exactly what extent our freedoms go in America, in terms of our (conversational) privacy from a legal perspective. This piece strives to fully explain what exactly is, or is not, a crime when it comes to recording conversations. May that be over the telephone, through a text message, or simply just overhearing spoken word. As technology became more and more updated, the act had to also follow the update to comply with current technology such as: fax machines, social media, and more. Aside from what the act applies to, it also includes its procedures should invasion on privacy be needed in a legal way. In most cases a warrant is needed to be approved for this process, and federal angencies are most common to use this method: such as the FBI or CIA. Yet as we can see over social media and the general public these laws are not enforced very strongly. This act helps to show how weak our privacy standards are in America. In many areas we citizens not protected from keeping what we really want to be private, private.