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CALEA (Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act) is a United States federal law that enables the government to intercept wire and electronic communications and call-identifying information under certain circumstances -- in particular, when it is necessary in order to protect national security. Originally designed for use with the telephone system, the FCC and DoJ were later petitioned to extend CALEA to the Internet. In September 2005, the FCC issued an order extending the CALEA to providers of broadband Internet access and interconnected voice-over-IP services. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld that order on appeal.
Because many campuses and higher education networks fell under the definition of a “facilities-based Internet provider”, there was concern that this new order would require compliance by campus and other higher education networks. It was argued that the cost of compliance for campus networks would far outweigh the benefits it would give law enforcement. After thorough review, the final court decision appears to allow for most, if not all, campus networks to be exempt from compliance. For more information, please read: The Application of CALEA to Higher Education Networks, Thinking Through the CALEA Exempt/Non-Exempt Issue, and Letter from the Networking Policy Council.
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CALEA
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CALEA True CALEA (Communications Assistance for Law Enfor…
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Lawful Access: Issues and Challenges for Universities
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April 7, 2011
This presentation will focus on the discrete types of legal process or demands that universities are likely to see from law enforcement and civil parties ; the types of situations when such de…
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Tune In April 7 -- Lawful Access: Issues and Challenges for Universities
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March 31, 2011
Colleges and universities are confronted by a variety of information requests from law enforcement and private parties. This free hour long EDUCAUSE Live! web seminar, “ Lawful Access: Iss…
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The Internet at Risk: The Need for Higher Education Advocacy
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October 19, 2007
© 2007 James X. Dempsey. The text of this article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 license ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ ). EDUCAUSE…
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Deep packet inspection meets 'Net neutrality, CALEA
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July 25, 2007
"Imagine a device that sits inline in a major ISP's network and can throttle P2P traffic at differing levels depending on the time of day. Imagine a device that allows one user access o…
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CALEA: It doesn't apply to universities and libraries after all
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May 17, 2007
"Back in 2005-2006, when CALEA (the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act) was being expanded to cover broadband providers and VoIP companies, libraries and universities raised a…
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Guidelines for Responding to Compulsory Legal Requests for Information
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May 11, 2007
Law enforcement requests for electronic records generally should be handled in the same way as other legal requests for other documents and by the same people. This is a guideline on how to handl…
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The Year in Review
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May 16, 2007
What's past is prologue. As we look ahead to the policy questions facing the Internet today and tomorrow, it's useful to recall what we've seen over the past 12 months, and that'…
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Responding to Compulsory Legal Requests for Information
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January 1, 2007
© 2007 Andrea Nixon. The text of this article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 License ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ ).…
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Private Network and Interconnection Exemptions Under CALEA
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January 1, 2007
An analysis of CALEA and how it relates to private networks. An analysis of CALEA and how it relates to private networks. …
