Thursday, April 11, 2013

Watch What You Say...IRS Can Read Your Emails

Much like the rest of the current administration, the Internal Revenue Services believes it is above the constitution. According to documents released to the American Civil Liberties Union, the Internal Revenue Service claims it has the right to read through civilian emails without justification and without a warrant.

The agency claims that it has the right to side step the Fourth Amendment under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 which permits government agencies to obtain documents and communications without a warrant.

When pressed for justification for such acts, general counsel for the IRS Criminal Tax Division stated “the Fourth Amendment does not protect communications held in electronic storage, such as email messages stored on a server, because internet users do not have a reasonable expectation of privacy.”

Am I shocked? No. But what's next? The taxman searching my panty drawer? Won't find much there......Just sayin.

XOXO For Now...

Rebekah

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