Judge rules Google must give up index data
In a highly anticipated decision, a federal judge ruled today that Google Inc. has to provide the U.S. government with information about its search engine's index, but denied a request for a sample of search queries.
The case highlights the tension between online user privacy and law-enforcement needs.
Judge James Ware, of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, wrote in his decision that Google must provide the government with 50,000 Web addresses in its search engine index.
