Well, this is not truly defacto - if it's less than six months old, sure. There's some ancient history that complicates it. In practice I'm pretty sure Google a

Well, this is not truly defacto - if it's less than six months old, sure. There's some ancient history that complicates it. In practice I'm pretty sure Google and other providers will fight for a warrant (citing US vs Warshak), but technically speaking anything older than six months could be gotten with an administrative subpoena. Of course, there's a whole 4th Amendment discussion there. And IANAL, so feel free to fact check whatever. This has seen attempts at being fixed but dies in the Senate each time: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_Privacy_Act#Background_and_bill_provisions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_Privacy_Act#Background_a...