Here’s one that slipped by me when it was originally posted. The Federal Trade Commission brought a lawsuit that included a subpoena for the complete contents, including deleted messages, of a Gmail account.
In November 2003, the Federal Trade Commission sued AmeriDebt and founder Andris Pukke on charges that the company deceived customers about credit counseling and failed to use customers’ money to actually pay their creditors.
The part that is most worrisome is that this provides case law to permit future email account seizures. As we slip further below the surface.