Court chalks up privacy win for e-mail users

In a case closely watched by civil liberties advocates in the field of Internet privacy, a three-judge panel of the 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals found that e-mail users have a reasonable expectation of privacy. According to a Sydney Morning Herald report, although surveillance of in-transit e-mails is restricted under wiretapping laws, the government had contended that e-mails stored with service providers could be seized without warrants. Monday\'s ruling counters that position and comes at a time service providers are offering ever-increasing storage space. Full Sydney Morning Herald report