Appeals Court Holds Email Constitutionally Protected

seisen · 07-02-2007

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A federal appeals court has ruled that an ordinary email user has a reasonable expectation of privacy -- and thus a Constitutional privacy right -- in email stored with an ISP. This means that the government either obtain a search warrant based on probable cause to seize such email or give users notice and opportunity to object to a subpoena or court order. The Justice Department had argued that email was not constitutionally protected. CDT participated in a friend of the court brief in the case which the court cited as "convincing"

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OrangeCrate · 07-02-2007

Very Good. My bet is that this one will go all the way to the Supreme Court.

JoshJ · 07-03-2007

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Originally Posted by OrangeCrate

Very Good. My bet is that this one will go all the way to the Supreme Court.

I hope not. The supreme court is leaning to the Right at the moment, and it wouldn't surprise me to see them uphold fascism.

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OrangeCrate Eligible for a custom title Join Date: May 2007 Location: USA Posts: 1,576	Re: Appeals Court Holds Email Constitutionally Protected Very Good. My bet is that this one will go all the way to the Supreme Court.