US judge orders Google to turn over gmail account info that is stored on servers outside the US. Per Judge Reuters ““Though the retrieval of the electronic data by Google from its multiple data centres abroad has the potential for an invasion of privacy, the actual infringement of privacy occurs at the time of disclosure in the United States.” WTH? So you’re not infringing on one’s privacy until/unless it happens in the US – PB/TK
Google to appeal against order to hand over user emails stored outside US – Samuel Gibbs and agencies
Google has said it will appeal a ruling by a US judge to hand over the emails of Gmail users stored outside of the country – which puts the privacy of non-US citizens at risk.
US magistrate judge Thomas Rueter in Philadelphia ruled on Friday that Google must comply with search warrants issued by the FBI as part of a domestic fraud investigation. He said that transferring emails from a foreign server so FBI agents could review them locally did not qualify as a seizure because there was “no meaningful interference” with the account holder’s “possessory interest” in the data sought.
Rueter wrote: “Though the retrieval of the electronic data by Google from its multiple data centres abroad has the potential for an invasion of privacy, the actual infringement of privacy occurs at the time of disclosure in the United States.”
But the ruling diverges from one made at a federal appeals court, which reached the opposite conclusion in a similar case involving Microsoft and its customer email data stored outside of the US.
A Google spokesperson said in a statement: “The magistrate in this case departed from precedent, and we plan to appeal the decision. We will continue to push back on overbroad warrants.”
Continue to theguardian.com article: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/feb/06/google-gmail-to-appeal-against-order-to-hand-over-user-emails-stored-outside-us
