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US court says warrant for access to all content of email account is justified |
July 21, 2014
A New York judge defended a controversial order that gave the government access to all content of the Gmail account of a target in a money laundering investigation, holding that courts have long recognized the practical need for law enforcement to seize documents if only to determine whether they fall within the warrant.The opinion, which will likely fuel the privacy debate in the country, is at odds with decisions by judges in several courts including courts in the Districts of Columbia and Kansas, Magistrate Judge Gabriel W. Gorenstein of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York noted in an opinion Friday.The District of Columbia judge had refused disclosure of the contents of an entire email account because that would allow the government to actually seize large quantities of emails “for which it has not established probable cause.”To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2456300/us-court-says-warrant-for-access-to-all-content-of-email-account-is-justified.html#tk.rss_all
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