CalECPA Enactment

[**Text**](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB178) of CalECPA (California Electronic Communications Privacy Act) as signed into law by Governor Brown

**News Story:** [California Requires Warrant To Search Electronic Communications](http://www.natlawreview.com/article/california-requires-warrant-to-search-electronic-communications) – National Law Review

**Reaction to Enactment:**

> [California Now Has the Nation’s Best Digital Privacy Law](http://www.wired.com/2015/10/california-now-nations-best-digital-privacy-law/) – Kim Zetter at Wired

> [California Cops, Want to Use a Stingray? Get a Warrant, Governor Says](http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/10/california-governor-signs-new-law-mandating-warrant-for-stingray-use/) – ArsTechnica

**Background on CalECPA:** [EFF’s CalECPA information page](https://www.eff.org/cases/californias-electronic-communications-privacy-act-calecpa)

**Background on ECPA Reform (federal):** [ECPA Reform: A Primer](https://www.justsecurity.org/26120/ecpa-reform-primer/) – Andrew K. Woods in JustSecurity