Can child protection services look through your email?

My girlfriend has turned her dad in for sexual abuse. Now her mom is telling child services that I was the one who did the sexual abuse and drugged my girlfriend to make her think it was her dad. Crazy I know.





So now child services is investigating me. I was just wondering if they have the right to search my email. Isn't it against Yahoo's Privacy Statement to have them search through it without my consent?





I have nothing to hide. My girlfriend's aunt told me they were doing it and I was just a little pissed off at the whole thing so I just wanted to know if they were allowed to do that.

Can child protection services look through your email?
The Child Protection services shouldn't be allowed to look through your e-mail, because of the Right to Privacy that passed through parliament. You can take them to court if they do go through your e-mails when you haven't been prosecuted, and without permission. And yes, it would be against Yahoo's Privacy Statement. If you're having questions about yahoo's statement, you can go back and read it, to confirm if it is truly based upon privacy, watch out for disclaimers. Also, why would you have to worry if you didn't do anything?
Reply:honestly law enforcement has the right to do anything they want. if it is protected by yahoo in some way they would need a warrent and then they could just take your computer and bypass yahoo alltogether. i know it feels like your bieing violated in some way but they can get acess to anything. my roomate got charged with something and they took all 3 comps in our house EVEN MINE! and would not give them back. so money well spent -_- anywho , yes. they can.
Reply:It varies from site to site and state to state.





But I'm fairly certain that if it is a criminal investigation, Yahoo must comply with authorities. You may want to consult a lawyer, or read over yahoo's Privacy Policy again for more info.
Reply:yes they can as you are under investigation now and in the system and they can not only check your emails , they can look at your whole hard drive....





you my dear have been placed in the system and you will never get out of it... once they have you ... they got you for life....





your privacy is no longer yours....it sucks i know but that's how it works...





so sorry you are on their books...





cheers


mystic






Reply:yes, they can make your email accessible. both what's in your inbox as well as what you've sent/received/deleted.





its a felony investigation, you're better off just letting them go through it. as you said, you've got nothing to hide anyway.
Reply:I don't think they can. Its personal property. But then again, with a warrent, they can pretty much rape your grandma if they want.


Ya catch me?


delete your email asap


I would suggest..
Reply: They should have a warrant to do that.
Reply:No!
Reply:Yes they can...my neices husband abused her 6 yr old little girl and they got a court order for his myspace and emails.
Reply:No, its not illegal if they have reasonable suspicion, and her mom gave them that. Its the same rule that applies to police officers. They don't have to have a warrant to search your car if you give them any form of reasonable suspision.





Here is a link to to the


Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section


Criminal Division


United States Department of Justice


July 2002





iv) System Administrators





Every computer network is managed by a "system administrator" or "system operator" whose job is to keep the network running smoothly, monitor security, and repair the network when problems arise. System operators have "root level" access to the systems they administer, which effectively grants them master keys to open any account and read any file on their systems. When investigators suspect that a network account contains relevant evidence, they may feel inclined to seek the system administrator's consent to search the contents of that account.





As a practical matter, the primary barrier to searching a network account pursuant to a system administrator's consent is statutory, not constitutional. System administrators typically serve as agents of "provider[s] of electronic communication service" under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act ("ECPA"), 18 U.S.C. 搂搂 2701-2712. ECPA regulates law enforcement efforts to obtain the consent of a system administrator to search an individual's account. See 18 U.S.C. 搂 2702-2703. Accordingly, any attempt to obtain a system administrator's consent to search an account must comply with ECPA. Seegenerally Chapter 3, "The Electronic Communications Privacy Act," infra




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