Unfortunately, when in 1980s when the last Federal Cast happened, Emails were stored on your personal computer inside of your house.<p>POP was the primary protocol back then, not IMAP. IMAP wasn&#x27;t invented yet. Therefore, the law lags and even today in 2015, the laws are being used as if emails are stored on personal computers.<p>Which means Emails are considered &quot;abandoned property&quot; if left on an external computer for more than 6 months. Abandoned Property is not subject to privacy.