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Monday, June 25, 2007
How private are your e-mails?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
An e-mail isn’t as private - as far as the way the law treats it - as a sealed letter that goes through the U.S. postal system.
But the story linked here offers some hope that the law may offer more protection to your e-mails. It’s one of the first rulings that recognizes the fact that - when you send an e-mail to a person - you have some expectation that it is a private communication.
The law is still murky and other rulings - from higher courts - probably would have to come before there is any clear law on e-mail privacy.
Meantime, keep in mind three things: (1) Any e-mail that you send can end up being forwarded and saved - and, even years later, could cause embarrassment or worse. (2) When you delete an e-mail from your in-box there is an excellent chance that it still exists on some server. (3) E-mail sent from a work computer has even less protection since you are using your employer’s computer system and Internet connection.
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