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QuestionQ67

Government and Court Access to Private-sector Information

A law-enforcement agency subpoenas the ACME telecommunications company for access to the text-message records of an individual suspected of planning a terrorist attack. The company had earlier encrypted its text-message records so that only the suspect could access the data.

Which law did ACME violate by designing the service to prevent a law-enforcement agency from accessing that information?

  • A SCA
  • B ECPA
  • C CALEA
  • D USA FREEDOM Act
Explanation

The Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) requires covered telecommunications carriers to maintain assistance capabilities that enable law enforcement, with appropriate legal authorization, to intercept authorized communications or obtain authorized call-identifying information. It is the statute concerned with carrier system design for lawful surveillance access. CALEA also limits any duty to decrypt subscriber or customer encryption unless the carrier supplied the encryption and has the information necessary to decrypt it.

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