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Google's Response to the DoJ Motion

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the fancy-ways-to-say-no dept.

neoviky writes "Google Inc. on Friday formally rejected the U.S. Justice Department's subpoena of data from the Web search leader, arguing the demand violated the privacy of users' Web searches and its own trade secrets. Responding to a motion by U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, Google also said in a filing in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California the government demand to disclose Web search data was impractical."

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  1. Re:Only way to get it ... Google to volunteer by Flyskippy1 · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Of course they gave up the data. And google should have, too. All the government is asking for is the same data that google would give to any researcher at Standford if they asked for it. No IP addresses, no user names, just queries and frequencies. Heck, I've gotten several weeks worth of queries for IR research before. You know what it's useful for? Research. No way to stalk all my ex-girlfriends with it at all.