United States. Surveillance / law enforcement access. Act
CALEACommunications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) 1994 (47 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1010)
Partly verified
Medium confidence.Source read: Wikipedia only. Which providers are in scope today is not verified. In force date: LII notes say the title took effect on enactment (25 Oct 1994), but sections 103 and 105 (capability and security duties) take effect 4 years after enactment (about 25 Oct 1998; not stated as a date on LII). The earlier 1995-01-01 date came from Wikipedia and is not supported by LII.
§1Summary
- Synopsis
Requires telecommunications carriers and equipment manufacturers to build surveillance capability into their facilities so agencies can conduct targeted wiretaps, and to make call detail records available. Extended by the FCC to interconnected VoIP and broadband internet access providers.
- Key themes
- Unique features
Imposes design requirements on communications infrastructure rather than rules on data handling.
- SaaS relevance
May apply to interconnected VoIP and broadband providers; most SaaS products are outside it.
§2Obligations
- Breach notification
- None
- DPO
- No
- Cross-border transfers
- None
§3Dates
- Key dates
- Adopted
- In force
- Pub. L. 103-414 signed 25 Oct 1994. FCC extended it to interconnected VoIP and broadband access in Sept 2005 (First Report and Order), affirmed May 2006. Compliance deadline of 14 May 2007 for those services.
§4Text and authority
- Text
- Authoritative text law.cornell.edu
- Authority
- Federal Communications Commission; US Department of Justice
§5Where it applies
- Domestic law of
- United States
- Also applies in
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- District of Columbia
- Florida
- Georgia
- Guam
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Puerto Rico
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- US Virgin Islands
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
§6Sources and verification
- Sources consulted
- Verification
Medium confidence.
Partly verified
Medium confidence.Source read: Wikipedia only. Which providers are in scope today is not verified. In force date: LII notes say the title took effect on enactment (25 Oct 1994), but sections 103 and 105 (capability and security duties) take effect 4 years after enactment (about 25 Oct 1998; not stated as a date on LII). The earlier 1995-01-01 date came from Wikipedia and is not supported by LII.