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“Google It!” Cut Your Research Time and Improve Your Results With These Google Search Secrets.

29 Sunday Oct 2017

Posted by Celia C. Elwell, RP in Google, References, Research

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FreewareFiles.com©2017, Google, Research Tips

How to Master Google Search Secrets, by FreewareFiles.com©2017

http://bit.ly/2iK8RJ2

Google and its brand are synonymous with a search for information using the Internet. But are we using it to its full potential? Probably not.

There is much more you can do with Google rather than simply typing general or specific terms and clicking “search.” This post provides tools, hacks, search secrets, and advanced search secrets too easy to ignore. Use them to speed up your search results, and make yourself a Google master. -CCE

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Teensy Change To Rule 41 Would Change Scope of Technology Search Warrants.

22 Sunday Feb 2015

Posted by Celia C. Elwell, RP in Computer Forensics, Criminal Law, Cybersecurity, Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, Law Enforcement, Legal Technology, PC Computers, Rule 41, Search Warrants

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Advisory Committee on the Rules of Criminal Procedure, beSpacific Blog., Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, Google, Law Enforcement, Legal Technology, Richard Salgado, Rule 41, Sabrina I. Pacifici, Search Warrant

Small Rule Change That Could Give the U.S. Government Sweeping New Warrant Power, posted by Richard Salgado, Legal Director, Law Enforcement and Information Security, by Sabrina I Pacifici, BeSpacific Blog

http://www.bespacific.com/small-rule-change-give-u-s-government-sweeping-new-warrant-power/

‘At the request of the Department of Justice, a little-known body — the Advisory Committee on the Rules of Criminal Procedure — is proposing a significant change to procedural rules that could have profound implications for the privacy rights and security interests of everyone who uses the Internet. Last week, Google filed comments opposing this change. It starts with the Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 41, an arcane but important procedural rule on the issuance of search warrants. Today, Rule 41 prohibits a federal judge from issuing a search warrant outside of the judge’s district, with some exceptions. The Advisory Committee’s proposed change would significantly expand those exceptions in cases involving computers and networks. The proposed change would allow the U.S. government to obtain a warrant to conduct ‘remote access’ searches of electronic storage media if the physical location of the media is ‘concealed through technological means,’ or to facilitate botnet investigations in certain circumstances. The implications of this expansion of warrant power are significant, and are better addressed by Congress. First, in setting aside the traditional limits under Rule 41, the proposed amendment would likely end up being used by U.S. authorities to directly search computers and devices around the world. Even if the intent of the proposed change is to permit U.S. authorities to obtain a warrant to directly access and retrieve data only from computers and devices within the U.S., there is nothing in the proposed change to Rule 41 that would prevent access to computers and devices worldwide. The U.S. has many diplomatic arrangements in place with other countries to cooperate in investigations that cross national borders, including Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties (MLATs). Google supports ongoing efforts to improve cooperation among governments, and we are concerned that the proposed change to Rule 41 could undermine those efforts. The significant foreign relations issues associated with the proposed change to Rule 41 should be addressed by Congress and the President, not the Advisory Committee.’

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European Countries Fed Up With Google’s Privacy Policy.

15 Monday Dec 2014

Posted by Celia C. Elwell, RP in European Union, France, Germany, Intellectual Property, International Law, Internet, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom

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Data Protection, Dutch Privacy Authority, European Union, Google, Privacy policy, United Kingdom

Dutch Authority To Google: Change Privacy Policy Or Else, by Lock Essers, PCWorld

http://tinyurl.com/n6h5b7y

If Google doesn’t change how it handles users’ private data by the end of February, it may face fines of €15 million (about US$18.6 million), the Dutch Privacy Authority said Monday.

Google’s current privacy policy breaches several provisions of the Dutch data protection act, the regulator found in an investigation in 2013. In particular, the probe showed that Google breaches the law when it combines data from different services like search queries, location data and videos watched.

‘Google catches us in an invisible web of our personal data without telling us and without asking us for our consent. This has been ongoing since 2012 and we hope our patience will no longer be tested,’ said Jacob Kohnstamm, chairman of the Dutch DPA.

By the end of February, Google should get ‘unambiguous consent’ from its users before it combines personal data from different Google services to serve targeted ads, the DPA said. This could for instance be achieved by introducing a separate consent window.

Moreover, Google should also give clear and consistent information in its privacy policy to people who use several Google services. . . .

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Government Can Access Individual’s Gmail Account In Money Laundering Probe.

27 Sunday Jul 2014

Posted by Celia C. Elwell, RP in Android Phones, Appellate Law, Apple, Blackberry Phones, Cell Phones, Computer Forensics, Crime Scene Investigation, Criminal Law, Cybersecurity, Discovery, E-Discovery, Emails, Evidence, Experts, Forensic Evidence, Forensic Evidence, Forensic Expert Witness, Fourth Amendment - Search & Seizure, Google, Internet, iPad, iPhones, Legal Technology, Mac, PC Computers, Privacy, Search Warrants, Tablets, Trial Tips and Techniques, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

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Computers, Email, Evidence, Forensic Experts, Gmail, Google, Hard Drives, Magistrate Judge Gabriel W. Gorenstein, Money Laundering, Search & Seizure, Warrants

Federal Judge Rules Gmail Account Can Be Accessed For Investigation, by evanino in Evanino Blog

http://www.evanino.com/federal-judge-rules-gmail-account-can-accessed-investigation/

In a landmark ruling that might fuel a nationwide debate, the New York Court issued a warrant against Google, giving access to user emails.

A New York Court issued a warrant against Google Inc ruling that the government can access all mails of a Gmail account of an individual under a money laundering probe. The judge said that courts have long been waiting for law enforcement to take the required documents in the custody if it is within the purview of the warrant.

Contrary to previous rulings

This decision is not in line with the previous court rulings including courts in the Districts of Columbia and Kansas, Magistrate Judge Gabriel W. Gorenstein of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York noted on Friday. Also, this latest ruling will spark a debate over the privacy, in the country, according to Computer World.

A District of Columbia judge denied from revealing the entire content of the email as this will seize a large amount of emails for which the authorities have not given any reason.

The Court in Kansas, also, did not rule in favor of a similar warrant, stating that it failed to ‘limit the universe of electronic communications and information to be turned over to the government to the specific crimes being investigated.’

However, the New York Court ruled in favor of such warrant, allowing authorities to take into account the emails and other information from a Google inc’s Gmail account, including the address book and draft mails, and also the authority to search the emails for certain specific categories of evidence.

Experts must scan emails, not Google employee

Judge Gorenstein argued that it is not possible to search the hard-disk drives of computers and other storage devices on the spot due to the complexities of electronic searches. Thus, the authorities can seize such storage.

‘We perceive no constitutionally significant difference between the searches of hard drives just discussed and searches of email accounts,’ the judge wrote. He added that in most of the cases data in an email account will be less ‘expansive’ compared to the information contained in the hard drive.

Judge Gorenstein stated that Google employees are not expert enough to know the importance of particular emails without having been given proper training in the substance of the investigation. Judge said this in response to an opinion by the District of Columbia court that gave the government the option of getting the email scanned by the host itself.

He said that an agent, who is completely absorbed in the investigation, will be able to understand the importance of a particular language in emails contrary to the employee.

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The Hole In Mobile Security Making Your Phone An Easy Target.

15 Sunday Jun 2014

Posted by Celia C. Elwell, RP in Android Phones, Cell Phones, Cybersecurity, Encryption, Fraud, Identity Theft, iPad, iPhones, Legal Technology, Malware, Tablets

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All Tech Considered, Apple, AT&T, Comcast, Dave Porcello, Encryption, Facebook, Google, Hackers, Internet, Mobile Phones, NPR, Pwn Plug, Sean Gallagher, Security, Starbucks, Steve Henn, Twitter, Wi-Fi, Yahoo

Here’s One Big Way Your Mobile Phone Could Be Open To Hackers, by Steve Henn, All Tech Considered, NPR

http://tinyurl.com/l2re8ll

Despite the fact that every major Internet provider has added some kind of encryption to its services over the past year, tracking your online traffic is easier than you think.

And you don’t have to be the target of the hacker or the NSA for your traffic to be intercepted. There is a hole in mobile security that could make tens of millions of Americans vulnerable.

Unsecure Wi-Fi networks have been a well-known vulnerability in the tech industry for years. They can let even the most unsophisticated hacker capture your traffic and possibly steal your identity. . . .

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Google, Mutuality, and Wrap Contracts – Something Doesn’t Seem Quite Right . . .

25 Sunday May 2014

Posted by Celia C. Elwell, RP in Contract Law, Wrap Contracts

≈ Comments Off on Google, Mutuality, and Wrap Contracts – Something Doesn’t Seem Quite Right . . .

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Contract Law, ContractProf Blog, Google, Mutuality, Nancy Kim, Terms of Use, Wrap Contracts

Mutuality and Wrap Contracts, by Nancy Kim, ContractProf Blog

http://tinyurl.com/m8d9f3s

As I’ve noted in a prior post, there is a lawsuit pending against Google for email scanning which was recently denied class status.  Something that’s puzzled me about wrap contracts generally, including Google’s, is that many of them don’t seem to be contracts at all – and not simply because of the (lack of) consent issue.  They typically contain modification at will clauses and termination at will clauses.  In contracts class, I teach students that generally (with the exception of employment contracts) these clauses lack mutuality unless constrained in other ways, such as a notice period.  While there may be consideration (use of service in exchange for…data?  eyeballs?  not clear), there is no consideration if the promises are illusory and don’t actually bind a party.   Google’s terms of use, for example, state:

‘You can stop using our Services at any time, although we’ll be sorry to see you go. Google may also stop providing Services to you, or add or create new limits to our Services at any time.’

and this unilateral modification clause:

‘We may modify these terms or any additional terms that apply to a Service to, for example, reflect changes to the law or changes to our Services. You should look at the terms regularly. We’ll post notice of modifications to these terms on this page. We’ll post notice of modified additional terms in the applicable Service. Changes will not apply retroactively and will become effective no sooner than fourteen days after they are posted. However, changes addressing new functions for a Service or changes made for legal reasons will be effective immediately. If you do not agree to the modified terms for a Service, you should discontinue your use of that Service.’

Google then isn’t bound to actually provide anything according to its Terms of Use.

In the email scanning case, Google is making the argument that consent to email scanning was obtained in the context of ‘consenting’ to the Terms of Use.  But if these ‘contracts’ are not really contracts because they lack mutuality, then can Google really claim that their users ‘consented’ to the email scanning?  Is there blanket assent to terms outside of the context of a contract?

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Forget Me – Europe Rules On Removing Google Links.

17 Saturday May 2014

Posted by Celia C. Elwell, RP in Copyright, Google, Intellectual Property, Internet, Legal Technology, Privacy, Public Domain

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Copyright Holders, Data Protection, Google, Privacy, Remove Links, Reputation

European Ruling On Removing Google Links May Leave A Mess, by Aarti Shanani, All Tech Considered, NPR

http://tinyurl.com/k747wvt

Google’s lawyers are trying to make sense of a ruling they did not expect.

This week, Europe’s highest court decided that people have a right to have search results about them deleted from online databases. So Google has to remove links to certain pages. Legal experts in Europe are torn about what, exactly, that means.

What Prompted The Ruling

There’s a man in Spain who doesn’t like his search results. I ask a fellow Spaniard, Cristina de la Serna in Madrid, to show us why.

She goes to Google.es, Spain’s version of the search engine, and types in the name Mario Costeja Gonzalez. The second result she gets for Gonzalez is a link to a 1998 Spanish newspaper clip. It shows his home was repossessed because of debt.

Google Must Delete Personal Data When Asked, European Court Says

Gonzalez wants the old blemish to go away, and de la Serna thinks he’s got a point. Searching people isn’t the same as searching for shoes, cars or books. . . .

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Tech Tool Advice from Jim Calloway.

06 Sunday Apr 2014

Posted by Celia C. Elwell, RP in Legal Technology

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Google, Jim Calloway, Jim Calloway’s Legal Tips Blog, Legal Technology, Oklahoma Bar Journal, Tech Tools

What Tech Tool Should I Use to Do That?, by Jim Calloway, Jim Calloway’s Legal Tips Blog

http://www.lawpracticetipsblog.com/2014/03/what-tech-tool.html

How do I do that? It is one of the challenges we all live with in today’s times. We need to do something with our technology, and we are aware that there are technology tools to do it. We just aren’t sure which of the many available tools is appropriate and how much training, installation and setup will be required to make it happen.

So, in my February Oklahoma Bar Journal column, I decided to cover a few of these tools in What Tech Tool Should I Use to Do That? In particular, I wanted to note the changes in Google and tools that help with the need for stronger passwords. I hope this works as a sort of basic training for the lawyer who uses technology– or anyone. . . .

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There’s More To Government Research Than FirstGov.gov.

22 Saturday Feb 2014

Posted by Celia C. Elwell, RP in Government, Library of Congress, References, Regulations, Research, U.S. Government

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Bing, Boolean Connectors, FirstGov.gov, Google, Government Research, Internet for Lawyers, Justia, Legal Research, U.S. Government

Finding Government Documents on the Internet, Internet for Lawyers

 http://tinyurl.com/mklz4tq

 

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Apple and Google Fighting Patent Trolls In the U.S. Supreme Court.

15 Saturday Feb 2014

Posted by Celia C. Elwell, RP in Appellate Law, Apple, Google, Intellectual Property, Legal Technology, Patent Law, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, United States Supreme Court

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Allcare Health Management Systems, Apple, BloombergBusinessweek, Charlene Morrow, Cisco Systems, Facebook, Google, Greg Stohr, Intel, Octane Fitness, Patent Freedom, Patent Infringement, Patent Trolls, Silicon Valley, Susan Decker, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, U.S. Supreme Court, Verizon, Yahoo

The Supreme Court Takes on Patent Trolls, by Greg Stohr and Susan Decker, Technology, BloombergBusinessweek

http://tinyurl.com/mav2rc4

Apple (AAPL) and Google (GOOG) say they’re tired of being slapped with baseless patent suits that cost them millions in legal fees. Now they’re asking the U.S. Supreme Court to let them hit back. The two are leading a group of companies urging the court to make it easier for businesses to recover legal costs when they win a patent infringement suit. In two cases to be argued this month, the justices will hear them out.

More than 100,000 businesses were threatened in 2012 by ‘patent assertion entities.’ Often derided as patent trolls, these companies get most of their revenue from licensing patents and from suing other companies for infringement. They filed 19 percent of all patent lawsuits from 2007 to 2011, according to the Government Accountability Office. . . .

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Forget About Basic Google Searches! Use These Simple Tips to Enhance Your Search Results.

08 Wednesday Jan 2014

Posted by Celia C. Elwell, RP in References, Research

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Google, Legal Productivity Blog, Search Tips, Tim Baran

10 Tips for Better Google Search Results, by Tim Baran, Legal Productivity Blog

http://tinyurl.com/nevdrua

There is more to Google than simple key word searches. Familiarize yourself with these simple tips and increase successful search results. -CCE

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Two Million Passwords Stolen from Google, Yahoo, ADP, and Social Media – Make Sure Yours Wasn’t One of Them.

07 Saturday Dec 2013

Posted by Celia C. Elwell, RP in Passwords, Recent Links and Articles, Social Media

≈ Comments Off on Two Million Passwords Stolen from Google, Yahoo, ADP, and Social Media – Make Sure Yours Wasn’t One of Them.

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Facebook, Farmville, Google, LinkedIn, Pony Botnet, Spiderlab, Summary Trustwave, Twitter, Yahoo, ZDNet Blog

Two Million Stolen Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo, ADP Passwords Found on Pony Botnet Server, by Violet Blue for Zero Day, ZDNet Blog

http://tinyurl.com/pnw3o72

This website also includes a way to find out whether your passwords were stolen. – CCE

Summary: Trustwave’s SpiderLabs found a Pony Botnet Controller server holding over two million passwords and account credentials for ADP payroll, Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo and more belonging to victims around the world.

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Interest turned to stunned surprise when the researchers uncovered a Pony Botnet server stabling over two million account credentials and passwords for Facebook, Yahoo, Google, Twitter, Linkedin, Odnoklassniki (the second largest Russian social network site) and more.

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How Soon Will Everything On The Internet Be Encrypted?

07 Saturday Dec 2013

Posted by Celia C. Elwell, RP in Encryption, Legal Technology

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Alan Greenberg, Google, HTTP, InfoWorld, Internet Encryption, Ride the Lightning!, Sharon Nelson, The Atlantic, Yahoo

Coming Soon: An Encryption by Default World, by Sharon D. Nelson, Esq., Ride the Lightning!

 http://tinyurl.com/lly66n6

With Yahoo promising “encryption everywhere,” Google moving to 2,048-bit certificates by year’s end, HTTP 2.0 to be automatically encrypted, and a renewed interested in secure email, we’ve entered a new phase: the era of encryption by default over the network — and maybe everywhere else, too.

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Your Privacy, Email, and Gmail – Did You Know That . . . ?

22 Tuesday Oct 2013

Posted by Celia C. Elwell, RP in Emails, Google, Legal Technology

≈ Comments Off on Your Privacy, Email, and Gmail – Did You Know That . . . ?

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Email, Google, Legal Technology, Privacy, SendInc

What you need to know about privacy, email, and particularly Gmail, by Lincoln Spector, PCWorld (with hat tip to Shawn J. Roberts!)
http://bit.ly/19nO4fO

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Possible game changer – Google’s switch to “secure search” impacts how you track customers to your website.

22 Tuesday Oct 2013

Posted by Celia C. Elwell, RP in Google, Legal Technology, Marketing, Search Enginges, Trust Accounts

≈ Comments Off on Possible game changer – Google’s switch to “secure search” impacts how you track customers to your website.

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Google, Legal Technology, Marketing, Ranking, Search Engines, Small Business, Trust Accounts

How Google’s Search Changes Affect Small Businesses, by Eilene Zimmerman, You’re the Boss Blog
http://nyti.ms/15YjKVz

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