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Google Search Technique Used by Police Draws New Legal Challenge

Google Search Technique Used by Police Draws New Legal Challenge

(Bloomberg) — Civil liberties advocates are mounting a new challenge to the use by police of Google search data for help solving criminal cases, as the practice draws greater scrutiny nationwide. Most Read from Bloomberg After a Pennsylvania woman was raped in 2016, police submitted a search warrant to Alphabet’s Google for information about users who had typed the victim’s name or address into the search engine in the week leading up to the attack, according to court papers. Google… Source link

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Sam Bankman-Fried is in jail, but legal watchers are wondering: Where’s ex-girlfriend Caroline Ellison?

Sam Bankman-Fried is in jail, but legal watchers are wondering: Where’s ex-girlfriend Caroline Ellison?

Caroline Ellison hasn’t been heard from in public since Sam Bankman-Fried was arrested in the Bahamas.MARIO DUNCANSON / Contributor/ Getty Images/ Caroline Ellison’s Twitter Former Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison isn’t named in prosecutors’ charges against Sam Bankman-Fried But the SEC’s civil suit references her statements on the relationship between FTX and Alameda. Conspiracy charges and civil claims against SBF show others in the crosshairs, legal experts said. As Sam Bankman-Fried was taken… Source link

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Google Launches Legal Proceedings Against Scammers Seeking to Sell Google Business Profiles

Google Launches Legal Proceedings Against Scammers Seeking to Sell Google Business Profiles

After a recent win in a court case against a Russian-originated bot network, Google has announced a new legal proceeding against a group of scammers that have been seeking to manipulate business owners by calling them up and trying to charge them to access Google My Business. As explained by Google: “Today we are filing a lawsuit against scammers who sought to defraud hundreds of small businesses by impersonating Google through telemarketing calls. They also created websites advertising… Source link

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Lawmakers, legal experts urge for Ticketmaster breakup

Lawmakers, legal experts urge for Ticketmaster breakup

The Taylor Swift saga was a black mark for Ticketmaster’s parent company, Live Nation Entertainment (LYV). A report from The New York Times last week said the Justice Department has opened an antitrust investigation into the entertainment giant. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Edward Markey (D-MA) called for congressional hearings into the company. “If the investigation reveals that Live Nation has continued to abuse its dominant market position notwithstanding two… Source link

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Google plans legal challenge to India’s antitrust crackdown on Android-sources

Google plans legal challenge to India’s antitrust crackdown on Android-sources

Google faces growing antitrust scrutiny world over Two India orders hit Google in India in recent days Google concerned Android India order could hit business-sources Company sees directives sweeping in nature-sources NEW DELHI, Oct 28 (Reuters) – Google is planning a legal challenge to block a ruling by India’s antitrust watchdog to change its approach to its Android operating system, concerned that it will restrict how it promotes the platform, sources with direct knowledge of the situation… Source link

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Google Enters Into Stipulated Agreement to Improve Legal Process Compliance Program | OPA

Google Enters Into Stipulated Agreement to Improve Legal Process Compliance Program | OPA

The Department of Justice today filed a stipulation and agreement resolving a dispute with Google over the loss of data responsive to a search warrant issued in 2016. Pursuant to the first-of-its-kind resolution, Google has agreed to reform and upgrade its legal process compliance program to ensure timely and complete responses to legal process such as subpoenas and search warrants, as required under the Stored Communications Act (SCA) and other applicable legal authorities. To monitor that… Source link

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