A. A government entity that obtains electronic communication information under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act shall report to the attorney general beginning in 2021 and every year thereafter on or before February 1. The report shall include, to the extent it reasonably can be determined:
(1) the number of times electronic information was sought or obtained under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act;
(2) the number of times each of the following were sought and, for each, the number of records obtained:
(a) electronic communication content;
(b) location information;
(c) electronic device information, excluding location information; and
(d) other electronic communication information; and
(3) for each type of information listed in Paragraph (2) of this subsection:
(a) the number of times that type of information was sought or obtained under: 1) a wiretap order issued under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act; 2) a search warrant issued under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act; and 3) an emergency request as provided in Subsection K of Section 10-16F-3 NMSA 1978;
(b) the number of instances in which information sought or obtained did not specify a target natural person; and
(c) the number of times notice to targeted persons was delayed.
B. Beginning in 2021 and every year thereafter, on or before April 1, the attorney general shall publish on the attorney general's website a summary aggregating each of the items in Subsection A of this section.
C. Nothing in the Electronic Communications Privacy Act prohibits or restricts a service provider from producing an annual report summarizing the demands or requests it receives under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act.
History: Laws 2019, ch. 39, § 6; 2020, ch. 41, § 3.
ANNOTATIONSThe 2020 amendment, effective March 4, 2020, effective March 4, 2020, modified the information required in annual reports submitted by government entities to the New Mexico attorney general, removed the requirement that the New Mexico attorney general publish on its website individual reports received from each government entity, and changed the start date for annual reporting requirements and publication on the New Mexico attorney general's website to 2021; in Subsection A, in the introductory paragraph, after "beginning in", deleted "2020" and added "2021", in Paragraph A(3), in the introductory paragraph, after "Subsection", deleted "J" and added "K", and after "Section", deleted "3 of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act" and added "10-16F-3 NMSA 1978", deleted former Subparagraph A(3)(b) and redesignated former Subparagraph A(3)(c) as Subparagraph A(3)(b), deleted former Subparagraph A(3)(d) and redesignated former Subparagraph A(3)(e) as Subparagraph A(3)(c), and deleted former Subparagraphs A(3)(f) through A(3)(h); and in Subsection B, in the introductory clause, after "Beginning in", deleted "2020" and added "2021", and deleted former Paragraph B(1) and paragraph designation "(2)".