<human>: Hello! 

I had nowhere else to turn to and I need to know a couple of things. Here is the story:

I started dating my girlfriend 4 months ago in Utah. She moved from another country with her brother and mother and is currently in the US living with her Uncle. Now, her Uncle has been taking away their privileges to use WiFi to not talk to her family that is back at home. The other day, he got caught in their room "looking" for stuff. To me, that is just an invasion of privacy.

 She recently bought herself a phone and we text a lot. We text things that are only to be kept between us and she doesn't share any information with anyone else unless if she trusts them. I want to mention that she does NOT use the WiFi since she has her own data. One day, after hanging out, her Uncle started reading to her what we were texting. She always had her phone with her. The Uncle started to read her mother's conversations that she was having with her family back home. My girlfriend felt like her privacy was gone. She spoke to me the next day about it. Apparently, the Uncle is using a friend of his to find this information and give it to him to find out if they have been talking to their relatives. Is that possible? How does this friend of the Uncle find this information without going online? I have looked through her phone for any apps that may store this information on her Android phone but nothing seemed to be pit of the ordinary. Is this something Legal the uncle is doing? What do you suggest, Reddit?

Thanks for the help!

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<bot>: GF's privacy is being invaded by her Uncle. Uncle is reading her texts while my GF always has her phone with her. Is it legal?