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MegaPlatinum Forums Index -> Government, Law, the Military, and You Author Message Alaska Friedalive Field Reporter Joined: Jun 21, 2008 Posts: 80324 Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 8:07 pm Federal Judge Says E-mail Not Protected By 4th Amendment DustyShadow writes "In the case In re United States, Judge Mosman ruled that there is no constitutional requirement of notice to the account holder because the Fourth Amendment does not apply to e-mails under the third-party doctrine. 'When a person uses the Internet, the user's actions are no longer in his or her physical home; in fact he or she is not truly acting in private space at all. The user is generally accessing the Internet with a network account and computer storage owned by an ISP like Comcast or NetZero. All materials stored online, whether they are e-mails or remotely stored documents, are physically stored on servers owned by an ISP. When we send an e-mail or instant message from the comfort of our own homes to a friend across town the message travels from our computer to computers owned by a third party, the ISP, before being delivered to the intended recipient. Thus, “private” information is actually being held by third-party private companies."" [img]http://yro.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl[/img] Read more of this story at Slashdot. [link] [link] Author: timothy Category: privacy Read more... Source: Slashdot: Your Rights Online Description: News for nerds, stuff that matters blog comments powered by Disqus

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