I get/send PM's everyday and have since I joined over 2 years ago, and there has never been an issue.

Agora's 6 rules apply in private as they do in public, as a result, they have a right to access them, ONLY IF a violation of the rules is suspect.

Think about it....I can't use profanity, insult, name call etc etc in public, so should I be able to do it in private?

The subject matter in my PM exchanges are such that privacy is not an issue. If I have something private to communicate, I use email with seleted members that I have learned to trust over time, and we also call each other. The result should be obvious....don't use PM's if the subject matter is none of Agora's business.

I have nothing to hide in my PM's, so Agora "snooping" if that should ever happen does not concern me in the least.

IMO, this is not a big deal.