Medill on the Hill
  • Home
  • Business
  • Education
  • Health
  • Living
  • Politics
  • National Security
  • Environment
  • Reporters
Select Page
Subject line surveillance: Why a bill passed in in the infancy of email still governs your inbox

Subject line surveillance: Why a bill passed in in the infancy of email still governs your inbox

by Jacob Meschke and Natalie Escobar | Mar 17, 2016 | Topics

WASHINGTON — It’s 12:01 a.m. on day 181 after receiving an email from a friend. For the past six months, the government would have needed a search warrant to read the contents of this email. Now it’s fair game. The Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986...

Medill on Twitter

Tweets by medillonthehill

Medill Today – February 11, 2026

Error! You must specify a value for the Video ID, Width, Height and Anchor parameters to use this shortcode!

© 2025 Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University

Medill School of Journalism

Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications
www.medill.northwestern.edu

Northwestern University

www.northwestern.edu

Search Stories

Latest Stories

  • ‘Time to go fight Big Pharma’: Navigating US health care system and high costs strains mental health of people with chronic disease April 21, 2026
  • Concerns Rise as States Opt In to National Voucher Plan April 13, 2026
  • Will Trump and the GOP Lose Gun Rights Votes in the Midterms? April 1, 2026

Special Reports

  • Campaign 2024
  • Cybersecurity

About Medill on the Hill

Medill on the Hill is part of Medill News Service, the Washington Program of the Medill School of Journalism. Undergraduate journalism students report on Congress, the White House and federal policy and politics in a real-time environment. Their stories appear on this website and in news outlets that partner with Medill.

Medill is widely recognized as one of the leading schools of its kind in the world. For more than 100 years, the school has trained generations of highly respected journalists and advertising and IMC professionals.

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Google
  • RSS

Medill School of Journalism ©2016-2020 | Northwestern University