If you're familiar with these laws: if I misaddress something to a PO Box, will the government reveal the identity of the accidental recipient? Will they if I ask nice, or must a court compel them? Is there any sort of requirements that need to be met?
I realize that in this case they haven't asked for anything beyond identity yet. But I'm forced to wonder what happens after they've ascertained identity?
There's no need to compel Google to reveal that person's identity unless there's a follow-up action that they feel they can't execute unless they know the identity of the unintended recipient.
So what is the follow-up action of stripping away this innocent person's privacy? I'm forced to conclude it would be yet-another injustice.
I'm assuming that they want to 'have him by the balls' to use as a scapegoat if any of that information is ever used for identity theft. The problem with this is that I feel if they have such a convenient scapegoat, they will probably rush to crucify him before investigating whether or not the information could have been obtained through other avenues.
I realize that in this case they haven't asked for anything beyond identity yet. But I'm forced to wonder what happens after they've ascertained identity?
There's no need to compel Google to reveal that person's identity unless there's a follow-up action that they feel they can't execute unless they know the identity of the unintended recipient.
So what is the follow-up action of stripping away this innocent person's privacy? I'm forced to conclude it would be yet-another injustice.