electronic data

BELLINGHAM  (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union is challenging a sheriff's search warrant in northwestern Washington that seeks private Facebook data as part of an investigation into a Dakota Access oil pipeline protest. The ACLU in Seattle filed the motion Wednesday to quash the Whatcom County Sheriff's Office warrant for private messages and other data on the Bellingham #NoDAPL Coalition F

SEATTLE (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department wants a judge to throw out a lawsuit from Microsoft and keep a law that prohibits technology companies from telling customers when the government demands their electronic data. Microsoft says its customers have a constitutional right to know when the government collects private information...