U.S. government wants Google to share data on unidentified Canadian Trump critic
The lawsuit says DHS used customs law to seek the man’s location and account data, and Google notified him on Feb. 9.
- On Monday, a Canadian man sued Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, alleging the agency used an improper customs summons to obtain private data from Google following his online criticism of the Trump administration.
- The summons followed the plaintiff's social media posts condemning immigration enforcement after Renee Good and Alex Pretti were killed by federal agents in Minneapolis earlier this year, prompting the American Civil Liberties Union to file suit.
- DHS officials cited Section 1509 of the Tariff Act of 1930 to compel the data release, but lawyers argue the scope of records sought "would still far exceed 1509's limits on what officials can use it to acquire."
- Google reportedly received hundreds of administrative subpoenas from DHS during the previous six months, with ACLU attorney Michael Perloff warning that authorities are using "geographic fact" to access information outside their jurisdiction.
- The DHS Office of the Inspector General previously found the agency violated its own policies in approximately one out of every five summonses reviewed, as the ACLU now seeks to have this request withdrawn.
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Digital Surveillance Is Becoming the New Form of Government Power
The latest revelations involving the Department of Homeland Security demanding Google surrender data tied to a Canadian citizen demonstrate just how far governments are pushing digital surveillance powers beyond traditional legal and national boundaries. According to reports from WIRED, DHS used a “customs summons” under the Tariff Act of 1930 to demand location records, account...
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