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E-mail privacy to disappear?
Mark Rasch, 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.

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E-mail privacy to disappear? 2007-11-08
Anonymous
Very good commentary Mark. When you consider what the government has already been up to I.E. Requests from ISP's for search data, Telephone - NSA - Eavesdropping, it only seems natural that they would go after email. It seems anyone with a specialty in Constitutional Law will be busy in the next few...

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