Gmail Accounts are Within Reach of the Department of Justice
By now everyone is probably familiar with Google’s battle against the Department of Justice to keep their search data private. While that issue has yet to be resolved it appears that a judge is now ordering Google to comply with a subpoena to hand over an individual’s entire Gmail account including all deleted messages. According to a recent news post on CNET News.com, the FTC intends to use the records to track down the defendant’s sizeable ($300 million) assets.
Cases of this nature continue to prove that there is a substantial amount of white collar crime taking place, and the criminals are not trying very hard to cover their tracks. With access to search data and email accounts, the Department of Justice has even more tools to track criminal activity. So, if you are using your Gmail account for criminal activity don’t bother deleting incriminating mail because it is still retrievable.