Some countries do have an agency to handle these kinds of issues, short of a court but more than just deciding to read the emails unilaterally. In Denmark if yo

Some countries do have an agency to handle these kinds of issues, short of a court but more than just deciding to read the emails unilaterally. In Denmark if you as an ISP or a corporation wanted to read the email of your users and/or employees, you'd file a request with the Data Protection Agency (http://www.datatilsynet.dk/english/ http://www.datatilsynet.dk/english/) outlining your case. It does appear that the U.S. has no such provisions.