Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Search warrants and online data: Getting real | Privacy Inc. - CNET News

Search warrants and online data: Getting real | Privacy Inc. - CNET News: "Law enforcement agencies have long argued that users who store data with third parties cannot reasonably expect such data to be protected by the Fourth Amendment. The Sixth Circuit disagreed. The judges explicitly rejected the view that since most terms-of-service agreements include provisions that allow an ISP to inspect or audit the user's information, users cannot reasonably expect that their data is private, once stored in the cloud."