Google May Have to Fight Second Subpoena

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Via C|Net News.

[snip]

Google may be about to face a second round of subpoenas for search-related information.

If the U.S. Justice Department is successful in obtaining a week's worth of search terms from Google, which it demanded 
as part of an attempt to defend a 1998 Internet pornography law, a second round of subpoenas is shaping up to be far 
more intrusive.

The American Civil Liberties Union warned Friday that if the first subpoena is granted--giving the government's expert 
the information to use to evaluate the effectiveness of porn filters--its legal assault on the same antipornography law 
will require it to target Google as well.

"If the government utilizes the information in any manner, we're very likely going to need to do follow-up discovery," 
ACLU attorney Aden Fine said.

[snip]

More here:
http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6041223.html

Also, see:
"ACLU Urges Court to Reject Government’s Bid for Google Records"
http://aclu.org/privacy/internet/24203prs20060217.html

- ferg


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 Engineering Architecture for the Internet
 fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net
 ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/


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