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Just because that's the only email address they use doesn't mean it's their personal account. It's the only account they use that's provided by a third party. I
by talmand 14y ago
Just because that's the only email address they use doesn't mean it's their personal account. It's the only account they use that's provided by a third party. If they quit their job and they lose the account, it wasn't their account in the first place.
- rm999 14y agoYou're arguing vague semantics. He used it for personal e-mail, that's what is relevant here.
- talmand 14y agoNo, it is not. He can use the account for personal email but that does not make the account itself personal. If you use an account provided by a third-party for personal emails then you cannot expect that email to remain private. It is subject to whims of the third-party and applicable laws. Although in terms of FOIA, as I understand it, one can expect unrelated emails of the request to not be released. But if one writes a small sentence relating to the subject of the FOIA request in an otherwise personal email, then it is subject to that request.