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Just because law enforcement asks for it doesn't mean Google has it. They might just ask for it because many companies actually do keep that data, but Google pr
by delroth 7y ago
Just because law enforcement asks for it doesn't mean Google has it. They might just ask for it because many companies actually do keep that data, but Google provides in its privacy policy some fairly strong guarantees on data deletion. The documentation at https://policies.google.com/technologies/retention?hl=en https://policies.google.com/technologies/retention?hl=en is a good read to get an idea of what is kept and for how long.
Disclaimer: I work at Google, some of my work relates to privacy infrastructure, but I don't speak for the company.
- skrowl 7y agoThis is the correct answer. Often times warrants ask for the moon and stars. You can only hand over what you actually have.
- salawat 7y agoThat is a waste of or an invalid warrant then, as the correct response to a warrant for something you don't have isn't everything you do have, but the null set. That's still problematic though, because with clever orchestration of multiple warrants, you essentially figure out the "shape" of hidden information anyway, until you can get the request just right. The idea though is that a judge should get tired of signing warrants for the same person by that point though, as it should not be an automatic process, and should only be being done on a case by case basis as evidence or procedure requires. In theory at least.
- afiori 7y agoA warrant for all the data you have about a person activity in 2019 is perfectly covered by giving only December data if that is all you have. A warrant obviously needs to be a bit larger in scope than needed, at the very least by requiring data that is relevant to the data you are interested in.
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