December 16, 2019

Police get “unprecedented” data haul from Google with geofence warrants

Investigators are using geofence warrants to get anybody and everybody who's near a crime at a given time.

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November 07, 2019

Warrant let police search online DNA database

This is a "game changer" when it comes to genetic privacy rights, experts say.

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March 21, 2018

Police ask Google for location data to narrow suspect lists

Police intend to use location data from Google to work out which devices were being used near the scene of crimes.

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March 01, 2018

Microsoft still refusing to hand over private email data stored in Ireland

Tech giants are worried about this case and what it will mean: will data stored on servers abroad become vulnerable to government grabs?

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November 22, 2017

Apple served with warrant for Texas mass killer’s iCloud data

Texas police are looking for any data stored by gunman Devin Patrick Kelley, who was found with an iPhone after he killed himself.

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June 16, 2017

6 months for abuser caught in FBI’s Playpen snare

FBI’s Playpen operation is an investigation into child abuse imagery being shared via Tor. So, why such a lenient sentence?

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June 08, 2017

It is not OK to break the law to catch criminals, judge rules

The 'flagrancy of the FBI’s misconduct' in obtaining the warrant and deploying malware in a fishing expedition to catch child abusers was 'truly staggering', said the judge

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March 20, 2017

Sweeping dragnet search warrant given the go-ahead by judge

Google says it will always 'push back' when asked for 'excessively broad requests for data'

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March 15, 2017

Apple, Amazon, Microsoft and Cisco line up to support Google on emails

Posse of tech giants lines up with Google to resist pressure to hand over emails held on overseas servers

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