01.22.06

Privacy Issues Behind Google’s Refusal to Comply with Government

Posted in security, privacy, law at 4:19 pm by HowardG

The Federal government has been attempting to force Google and other major search engines to turn over information from their databases. Since September 11, the Bush administration has rankled privacy advocates with a host of new measures that infringe on the rights and privacy of citizens, in the name of the fight on terrorism and under the banner of the Patriot Act.

In court papers filed in the U.S. District Court of San Jose, the Department of Justice noted that Google has not complied with a subpoena it issued last year. Read the rest of this entry »