In a four-year-old case closely monitored by civil liberties groups nationwide, a federal appeals court in Boston yesterday said a businessman charged with intercepting and reading his customers’ e-mails can be tried under a federal wiretapping law. The wiretapping law was passed in 1968 and amended in 1986 to address emerging computer technologies. The law is designed to protect the privacy of messages in transit.
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E-Mail Snoop May Be Charged Under Wiretap Law
Posted by: Jennifer LeClaire August 12, 2005 11:04 AMIn a four-year-old case closely monitored by civil liberties groups nationwide, a federal appeals court in Boston yesterday said a businessman charged with intercepting and reading his customers’ e-mails can be tried under a federal wiretapping law. The wiretapping law was passed in 1968 and amended in 1986 to address emerging computer technologies. The law is designed to protect the privacy of messages in transit.