Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: Chicago – April 22, 2010 Toronto – May 20, 2010 Boston – June 17, 2010 Five Most Recent Posts News: Twitter Announces Plans for Data Center News: Web Hosting Sales and Promos Roundup – April 16, 2010 News: EFF, Google, Others Back Yahoo’s Right to Protect Users from Warrantless Email Search (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Civil liberties group The Electronic Frontier Foundation ( www.eff.org ) along with competitor Google ( www.google.com ) and numerous other public interest organizations and Internet industry associations have joined with Yahoo in asking a federal court to block a government attempt to access a Yahoo! email account based on probable cause without a search warrant. According to the EFF’s announcement this week , the US Department of Justice (www.justice.gov) is seeking the emails as part of a case that is under seal, and the account holder has apparently not been notified of the request. Before a federal judge in Denver, Yahoo is challenging the government, which is arguing that because the Yahoo email has been accessed by the user, it is no longer in “electronic storage” under the Stored Communications Act, and therefore does not require a warrant