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U.S. Judge Approves Search Warrant for Entire Gmail Account

By Jeralyn, Section Civil Liberties
Posted on Tue Jul 22, 2014 at 02:57:53 PM EST
Tags: email privacy (all tags)
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U.S. Magistrate Court Judge Gabriel Gorenstein in the Southern District of New York has approved a search warrant request for the entire contents of an unnamed person's Gmail account, with no restrictions. Federal prosecutors requested the warrant in a money laundering investigation.

The decision is contrary to earlier rulings by Magistrate Judges in Kansas and Washington, DC. I have uploaded the opinion here. [More...]

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