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Google will charge for law enforcement record requests
As stated in that NYTimes article,
Google has begun charging government and law enforcement agencies for legal requests.
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Google’s fees range from $45 for a subpoena and $60 for a wiretap to $245 for a search warrant, according to a notice sent to law enforcement officials and reviewed by The New York Times. The notice also included fees for other legal requests.
What if all major ISPs, or even small ones, would start doing the same? Would it be lawful for providers to charge government authorities for each request?
Comments
Everyone can(and should) get reimbursed apparently.
There's always been these fees, I think Google is now just charging them instead of letting it go. It's typical to get some admin costs, but it really costs the business much more. Ie, 1 lawyer hour blows those fees away and much more.
I suppose they're having an automated process for this and considering the cost for developing it won't take too long until the average costs drop below a couple dollars imo.
Automated legal responses sound like a bad idea.
Uhm. What does wiretap mean in Google context exactly?
Google is an ISP and telco provider - Google Fiber and Google Fi. It means exactly what it says.
Ah yes. I forgot about that part. Sorry.