Petraeus affair brings more attention to lack of privacy in cyber space Government, Privacy Add comments Nov 182012 The circumstances still sound like an unfolding Clancy novel, but how the data – emails, files and more – were acquired by investigators is a more mundane topic. Investigators just accessed it, as it remains highly available to the government and now will be kept virtually forever. Leave a Reply Cancel replyYou must be logged in to post a comment.