9th Circuit Upholds Online Privacy

Ever been concerned with whether your employer's reading your email or text messages? Good news — the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decided yesterday that if your employer uses a third party service for email or text messaging (email is commonly run internally, but just about all text messaging is done by third parties), the employer cannot see your messages without your permission even if they are the ones paying for the service. Further, if your email or text messages have been stored for less than 180 days, police cannot get access to it without a warrant. The Electronic Frontier Foundation has the details on the decision.