egruberman
Well-known Member
Exactly. These issues in EEU are managed by Google Ireland and they follow local laws of the requesting country. It still needs to be a government authority or LE making the request. It still needs to have a legit reason, like a criminal offence. From there, it has to be proven etc.
The implication is that OP committed a crime by attempting to defraud Janoshik. If a law enforcement agency chose to pursue action, it would be a simple matter for them to issue a court order to Google (in Ireland as you say) to release the emails between OP and Janoshik to them.
This happens quite frequently. Google has shown no compunctions in complying with the laws of the jurisdiction in which they operate.