Here's a timely article from the NYT about how a 1986 law still governs the way a person's information is protected. Basically, a piece of paper in your desk is more protected than anything you have online (they didn't see the online thing coming in 1986!). Basically, you need a warrant for paper-based things, but you only need to subpeona to get things that are online. Google and others think the law should be updated.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/10/technology/10privacy.html?hp
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