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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJudge orders Google to turn over a full year of Jussie Smollett's data
A Cook County judge has ordered Google to turn over Jussie Smolletts emails, photos, location data and private messages for an entire year as part of the special prosecutors investigation into the purported attack on the actor.
The warrants, filed last month in Circuit Court, sought a trove of documentation from Smollett and his managers Google accounts not just emails but also drafted and deleted messages; any files in their Google Drive cloud storage services; any Google Voice texts, calls and contacts; search and web browsing history; and location data.
Investigators sought a full years data from November 2018 to November 2019 even though the key events in the controversy took place between late January and late March 2019. Authorities could be looking for any incriminating remarks from Smollett or his manager, especially in the months after States Attorney Kim Foxxs office abruptly dismissed disorderly conduct charges against the then-"Empire" actor just weeks after his indictment. Smollett, who is African American and openly gay, has declared the dismissal a vindication of his claims that he was the victim of a racist and homophobic attack.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/jussie-smollett-investigation-judge-orders-google-to-turn-over-a-full-year-of-the-actors-data-as-part-of-special-prosecutor-probe/ar-BBYKGWI
The warrants, filed last month in Circuit Court, sought a trove of documentation from Smollett and his managers Google accounts not just emails but also drafted and deleted messages; any files in their Google Drive cloud storage services; any Google Voice texts, calls and contacts; search and web browsing history; and location data.
Investigators sought a full years data from November 2018 to November 2019 even though the key events in the controversy took place between late January and late March 2019. Authorities could be looking for any incriminating remarks from Smollett or his manager, especially in the months after States Attorney Kim Foxxs office abruptly dismissed disorderly conduct charges against the then-"Empire" actor just weeks after his indictment. Smollett, who is African American and openly gay, has declared the dismissal a vindication of his claims that he was the victim of a racist and homophobic attack.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/jussie-smollett-investigation-judge-orders-google-to-turn-over-a-full-year-of-the-actors-data-as-part-of-special-prosecutor-probe/ar-BBYKGWI
Wow! That's an incredible invasion of privacy! Yikes!
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Judge orders Google to turn over a full year of Jussie Smollett's data (Original Post)
ecstatic
Jan 2020
OP
Maybe because he was planning the crime for awhile??? Plus the weird stuff with the DA...???? nt
UniteFightBack
Jan 2020
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jberryhill
(62,444 posts)1. If there is probable cause to believe there is evidence of a crime...
...and a judge has issued a lawful warrant, then it gets turned over.
Its not as if they have time to indulge in getting jollies in your data.
AMENDMENT IV
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
ecstatic
(32,705 posts)2. I suppose, but why do they need a year's worth of data?! nt
UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)3. Maybe because he was planning the crime for awhile??? Plus the weird stuff with the DA...???? nt
JonLP24
(29,322 posts)4. This is a little too much
This is one case I would like to get over with already.