Google’s request to seal documents in a civil...
Google’s request to seal documents in a civil suit accusing Google of violating wiretap laws by scanning Gmail messages “demonstrate[s] hypocrisy at the company’s core,” said Consumer Watchdog Privacy Project Director John Simpson in a Tuesday blog post (http://bit.ly/1hgF3dd). “Google…
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is in the business of gathering data and making it public, often when people want to keep it private,” Simpson said. Google has argued information in the case might reveal trade secrets, and thus certain documents should be sealed, he said. “I think the reason is just Google’s reflexive secrecy about everything it does,” he said. A number of media organizations have filed an amicus brief with U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh, arguing First Amendment rights should require the disclosure of all legal proceedings in the case. Oral arguments will be held Thursday at the U.S. District Court in San Jose, Calif.