How Google handles user data requests from DHS, ICE, and other agencies, often giving users little time to obtain a court order quashing the request
You're scrolling through your Gmail inbox and see an email with a strange subject line: A string of numbers followed by “Notification from Google.”Tweets:@aaschapiro,@zackwhittaker,@conmijente,@jason_kint,@latimes,@latimes,@jmbooyah,@jmbooyah, and@jmbooyahTweets:Avi Asher-Schapiro /@aaschapiro:When ICE asked Google to turn over info about a customers, Google gave that user just 7 days to get a *copy of a court-stamped motion to quash,* even though ICE did not have a warrant. This happens...all t
When ICE asked Google to turn over info about a customers, Google gave that user just 7 days to get a *copy of a court-stamped motion to quash,* even though ICE did not have a warrant. This happens...all the time! Fascinating story from @JMBooyah:https://www.latimes.com/ ...
This is an important read by @JMBooyah on what happens when ICE tries to obtain user data from Google. “It could be the only chance you'll have to stop Google from sharing your personal information with authorities.” https://www.latimes.com/...
Google gets thousands of requests every year from DHS for personal data. They're not warrants, there's no probable cause for this digital search, but Google & other tech firms are handing over our data anyways. This is how ICE builds a digital dragnet. https://www.latimes.com/...
This is a lot of personal data being turned over to authorities by Google and Facebook without subpoenas based on a “let us know otherwise we're sharing it.” https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
You're scrolling through Gmail and see an email with a strange subject line: A string of numbers followed by “Notification from Google.” This could be your only chance to stop Google from sharing your personal info with authorities. https://www.latimes.com/...
Though companies may feel limited in their ability to fight off warrants and subpoenas, advocates argue the tech industry has more leeway to withhold user info in response to legal requests that did not receive judicial authorization. @jmbooyah reports: https://www.latimes.com/..…
From 1/20 to 6/20, Google got ~ 40k gov't requests for user info & provided “some data” in 83% of cases. For that same period, FB got 60k+ requests, producing some data in 88%. Twitter got a little more than 3k requests & said it complied 59% of the time https://www.latimes.com/.…
The request was an administrative subpoena from ICE meaning it was not court ordered or self enforcing. In addition to the IP address associated with the Google account, the request also asked for street address & payment sources. https://www.latimes.com/...
Get an email with the subject line Notification from Google? You might want to open it. In 1 email we reviewed, Google notified a user DHS requested their personal info & they had just 7 days to get a court ordered motion to quash otherwise Google may hand over their info. https:…