Is it legal for an e-mail service to read your email?

The Case: An Amazon competitor made copies of subscribers’ messages to gain a competitive advantage. Three out of four US federal judges ruled that no laws were broken.

This is a blow for email and anti-spam services, whose clients were already shocked by recent news that
AOL subscriber addresses were sold to spammers by an employee.

Many are concluding that private communications are more likely to remain private when kept on an in-house mail server.

See for yourself at News Interactive.