, 2007-11-02
On October 8, 2007, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Cincinnati granted the government's request for a full-panel hearing in United States v. Warshak case centering on the right of privacy for stored electronic communications. At issue is whether the procedure whereby the government can subpoena stored copies of your e-mail -- similar to the way they could simply subpoena any physical mail sitting on your desk -- is unconstitutionally broad.
Anonymous
How would this apply to Canadians with Yahoo! or Google Mail accounts? As far as I know, most of the email servers are in the US. As someone who is not an American citizen, would there be any expectation of privacy for emails stored on US servers?...
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