In re: the search content that is stored by premises controlled by Google
Case Law- Country
- Country Location
Latitude: 39.778231903243785
Longitude: -100.8801256788983
- Country Location (linked Case Law)
- United States
- Decision Date
- Apr 25, 2017
- Case Status
- Closed
- Case Outcome (Procedural)
- Motion Denied
- Case Outcome (Disposition)
- Access to Information Granted
- Law or Action Upheld
- Keywords
- Data Protection and Retention
- Privacy
- Search Engines
- Judicial Body
- First Instance Court
- Case Number
- 16-mc-80263-LB
- Case Summary
The United States District Court for the Northern District of California ordered Google to turn over all electronically stored information subject to a search warrant, including the information that was stored electronically abroad. The Court reasoned that the Stored Communications Act regulates information in the service provider's – Google's – possession and because Google is headquartered in the U.S. and the information will be accessed there, the disclosure was a domestic application of the SCA. It was irrelevant where the information was “stored”.
- Case Significance
The decision does not establish a binding or persuasive precedent within its jurisdiction.
- Source URL
- Columbia Global Freedom of Expression
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