CALEA

CALEA

The Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) is a US law passed in 1994 that mandates telecommunications providers be able to allow the US government to monitor telephone, broadband internet, and VoIP traffic in real-time.

The law applies to telephone companies, and internet service providers. Currently, it does not apply to companies that merely provide a communication service on the internet, unless that service is Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP).

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CALEA II

The Obama administration is hard at work proposing sweeping changes to wiretap law in the United States. These bills have not yet been made public, but what we know so far is frightening.

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