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The cynic in me wants to say that you could be very concise with the language you choose to use when communicating with law enforcement. You are not obligated t

by nness 3y ago

The cynic in me wants to say that you could be very concise with the language you choose to use when communicating with law enforcement. You are not obligated to hand-over the footage, but I can understand your willingness to assist. My concern is that, now that you know your footage may contain evidence, or if it does actually contain evidence (which you may not know is material to their investigation), then if they believe you are withholding it intentionally, you might be accused of evidence tampering. I'd not volunteer any further information until they reach out to you again, then I would say something to the affect of "I am unable to provide this footage as, to the best of my knowledge, I do not know to extent to which it exists and do not know how to it can be retrieved. This information is with Google."

cameronh90 3y ago
This is in the UK so there's not usually a hostile relationship between the police and the general citizenry, so I'm not worried about this coming back on me. The police are already aware that I've been trying to retrieve the footage from Google with limited success so far and I've provided the most relevant sections via mobile phone screen recording. My main interest in trying to get this footage is that there's been a crime and the person responsible ought to be prosecuted. I'm planning to let them know that the only way forward may be for them to subpoena Google directly. The likelihood is that they won't be able to get that done in time before the footage expires. Under resourcing, budget cuts, etc. I'm also not sure they have enough evidence to make a subpoena under normal circumstances, but perhaps because I've given them permission, that means it's not relevant? In any case though, Google Takeout not working is still an issue. Isn't Takeout Google's answer to the legal responsibility to provide the user with data upon request due to GDPR?

by nness 3y ago

cameronh90 3y ago

This is in the UK so there's not usually a hostile relationship between the police and the general citizenry, so I'm not worried about this coming back on me. The police are already aware that I've been trying to retrieve the footage from Google with limited success so far and I've provided the most relevant sections via mobile phone screen recording. My main interest in trying to get this footage is that there's been a crime and the person responsible ought to be prosecuted. I'm planning to let them know that the only way forward may be for them to subpoena Google directly. The likelihood is that they won't be able to get that done in time before the footage expires. Under resourcing, budget cuts, etc. I'm also not sure they have enough evidence to make a subpoena under normal circumstances, but perhaps because I've given them permission, that means it's not relevant? In any case though, Google Takeout not working is still an issue. Isn't Takeout Google's answer to the legal responsibility to provide the user with data upon request due to GDPR?