The impact of the ECPA is to punish electronic monitoring only by third parties and not by employers because courts have ruled that "interception" applies only:
A)to access of messages by employers.
B)when monitoring is done without consent.
C)when employees file a case.
D)to messages in transit.

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The Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 (ECPA) prohibits the "interception" or unauthorized access of stored communications. However, courts have ruled that "interception" applies only to messages in transit and not to messages that have actually reached company computers. Therefore, the impact of the ECPA is to punish electronic monitoring only by third parties and not by employers.

The Impact of the ECPA Is to Punish Electronic Monitoring