Question

Ethical decisions often need to be made within gray areas. for example, should an isp comply with a request from a government for the identity of an customer whose e-mail account matches a(n) ____?

Answer 1

It is conducted by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) and the Patriot Act, but the ECPA originally set up protections (such as a warrant requirement) to protect email, those protections have been weakened in many instances by the Patriot Act. It reduce their status as a protected communication in 180 days, then the email can be access by simple subpoena.