Google told by court to reveal all who searched for a fraud victim's name

John Leonard
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Police in Minnesota granted court order requiring Google to hand over the identities of all those searching for the name of a local victim of fraud

Since Edward Snowden's revelations, it has been public knowledge that the US national security agencies are able to trawl search engine logs to identify who is searching for what, but that right ha...

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