Higher court has ruled that our e-mail is our own private property.does this mean the ''man'' cannot intercept our mail? can a court order force the emails to "not" be private? what about mail while at work?
2007-06-19 08:02:29 · 11 answers · asked by LAVADOG 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
i am asking this question to try to understand why the Supreme Court passes a law saying our mail is private, and the answers below are saying the mail is not private..
2007-06-19 08:15:07 · update #1
Not. Email is sent through a series of servers, and can easily be looked at along the way. If you want privacy in your email, encrypt it.
But, don't get paranoid, the sheer volume of email makes the chances of someone looking at yours virtually nil.
2007-06-19 08:06:19 · answer #1 · answered by B.Kevorkian 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Your personal e-mail, ie, yahoo, hotmail, or your own ISP are private, so to speak. People can read them, if they really wanted to, however, unless they have a warrent, they can't use anything in the e-mails as evidence. What I mean is, if you say you are going to kill someone, and someone who is illegally reading your e-mail, they cannot use that evidence against you, but they would focus on you and look for other ways to nail you for the killing.
E-mail can be intercepted, but unless the government has a reason, in which case a warrent would be issued, and you should be notified that its going on.
As far as your work e-mail, the e-mail and its servers belong to the company, so they can monitor your work e-mail. Your work e-mail is not for your private use, but its for business use only. So, if you say something about your boss, he/she could be reading it and fire you.
2007-06-19 15:09:34 · answer #2 · answered by George P 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What higher court?
Yes. They can intercept. They can intercept with a warrant and in some cases without.
Yes. A warrant obtained through legal due process trumps all privacy concerns.
You have no legal nor reasonable expectation of privacy in work e-mail, nor a property right.
2007-06-19 15:31:02 · answer #3 · answered by MagusGreg 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not private.
Definitely not private at work at all - this has been stated quite clearly. Your employer has a right to delve into any emails you produce, receive or save.
And yes, the court can order your emails to prove any crime you may be suspected of.
2007-06-19 15:10:57 · answer #4 · answered by Enchanted 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you have something to hide? Your mail or mail at work will always be subject to peeping, its an employers right. At home, however, unless someone has a court order, its all private. Hope this helps!
2007-06-19 15:09:29 · answer #5 · answered by Amy G 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Email is admissible as evidence, it can be obtained through order as evidence in an investigation etc... same for blogs even if tehy are private.
So yes the court can come get your email personal or work.
2007-06-19 15:08:23 · answer #6 · answered by sociald 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're funny. Email has been filtered and intercepted for the last 24 years by the NSA. Also, if you are at work (in the U.S) then the court recognizes the employer's right to property which means the computer you work on and anything generated from that computer.
The old addage still goes. If you want to keep a secret, keep it to yourself.
2007-06-19 15:15:43 · answer #7 · answered by hexeliebe 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
If you use key words that set off the alarms then they can and will look into your email other than that they have no need to and they won't. If you want to risk it and use those words then you deserve what you get.
2007-06-19 15:08:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
inappropriate E-mails can give cause to legal search by court order, job or otherwise.
2007-06-19 15:14:23 · answer #9 · answered by Tennessee Mom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yor work email is the property of your employer, its carried thru their servers, to their computer on your desk
2007-06-19 15:09:57 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋