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. latimes.com/business/techn…
This could be your only chance to stop Google from sharing your personal info with authorities. latimes.com/business/techn…
Tech companies such as Google, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, which have troves of personal information, have become natural targets for law enforcement and government requests. latimes.com/business/techn…
In one email The Times reviewed, Google notified the recipient that the company received a request from the Department of Homeland Security to turn over information related to their Google account. latimes.com/business/techn…
The email, sent from Google’s Legal Investigations Support team, notified the recipient that Google may hand over personal information to DHS unless it receives within seven days a copy of a court-stamped motion to quash the request. latimes.com/business/techn…
That’s a high bar to clear in a short amount of time, said Paromita Shah, co-founder and executive director of immigration rights law firm Just Futures. latimes.com/business/techn… 
From January 2020 to June 2020, Google received nearly 40,000 requests for user information from law enforcement agencies — more than 15,500 were subpoenas, according to an annual transparency report. latimes.com/business/techn…
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: latimes.com/business/techn…
@jmbooyah reports: latimes.com/business/techn…
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