In the US, email messages lose their status as a protected communication under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act after 180 days...they simply become another database record. This means that a subpoena ...not a warrant is all that's needed to force Google / AOL / MS / etc., to produce a copy.
Thursday, October 05, 2006
G**gle Thought for the Day
In the US, email messages lose their status as a protected communication under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act after 180 days...they simply become another database record. This means that a subpoena ...not a warrant is all that's needed to force Google / AOL / MS / etc., to produce a copy.
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