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<b><i>Online Extra</b></i> Court Says Google Can't Withhold Private e-Mails if Consent is Given

By Adolfo Pesquera
October 31, 2014

Google Inc. does not have the discretion to refuse to produce emails from a private account once the account holder has given express consent, a California appellate court ruled in a lawsuit stemming from a Florida-based civil action.

In a case of first impression, California's Sixth District Court of Appeal, ruling in a matter from Santa Clara Superior Court, rejected Google's argument that the federal Stored Communications Act (SCA) gave the search engine provider discretion when it came to complying with a client's explicit request.

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