Do you really believe your Web-based email is private? Let’s start with Terms of Service or Privacy Policies, which few people actually read. In 1986, the Stored Communications Act was initially designed to protect telephone records, not Internet activity. There was not much Web activity then, since there were no browsers. So when ISPs were confronted with Internet record requests, they relied on the SCA to address whether to withhold producing personal content without the written permission of the owner when served a subpoena in a civil action.
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If You Believe Your Internet Content and Webmail are Private, Read This...
Posted by: Peter S. Vogel November 14, 2012 05:00 AMDo you really believe your Web-based email is private? Let’s start with Terms of Service or Privacy Policies, which few people actually read. In 1986, the Stored Communications Act was initially designed to protect telephone records, not Internet activity. There was not much Web activity then, since there were no browsers. So when ISPs were confronted with Internet record requests, they relied on the SCA to address whether to withhold producing personal content without the written permission of the owner when served a subpoena in a civil action.