5th Circ. Won't Apply E-Privacy Law To Cellphone Search

By Allison Grande (December 12, 2012, 4:42 PM EST) -- The Fifth Circuit ruled Wednesday that a federal wiretap law did not bar a former police dispatcher's employer and others from accessing images and text messages stored in her personal cellphone, finding that the statute only protects information held in storage by electronic communications service providers....

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