The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act:

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act:
 a. extends the protections offered under the Wiretap Act to electronic communications, such as email, fax, and messages sent over the Internet.
  b. was passed by Congress in 1994 and amended both the Wiretap Act and the Electronic Communications Privacy Act.
  c. requires any company doing business within the borders of the countries comprising the European Union to implement a set of privacy directives on the fair and appropriate use of information.
  d. allows surveillance, without court order, within the United States for up to a year unless the surveillance will acquire the contents of any communication to which a U.S. person is a party.