IRS Says It Will Change Its Policy On Looking At Emails Without A Warrant... At Some Point
from the good-idea,-though-a-bit-late dept
You may recall a couple weeks ago the discovery that the IRS believed that it did not need a warrant to view emails over 180 days old. That got a fair bit of attention, and recently, Senator Wyden asked the IRS about this.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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The IRS
They want to tax all internet transactions as well: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/04/senate-passes-online-sales-tax-by-74-20-vote/
Time to starve the beast by bartering and using alternative currency.
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>For instance, email that is stored on a third party's server for more than 180 days is considered by the law to be abandoned, and all that is required to obtain the content of the emails by a law enforcement agency, is a written statement certifying that the information is relevant to an investigation, with absolutely no judicial review required whatsoever.
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Only a government agency...
We do not actually do it because...well...just because.
Unfortunately, even though we do not engage in this behavior, we cannot commit to not doing it anymore within 30 days.
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