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December 15, 2010

Appeals Court Rules Emails Protected by 4th Amendment
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A federal appeals court has ruled that government agents must obtain a
warrant in order to seize and search emails in a criminal investigation.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit found that emails are
protected under the Fourth Amendment in the Constitution. In a
statement, the Electronic Frontier Foundation hailed the ruling as a
"landmark decision … that squarely rules on this critically important
privacy issue."



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