Metadata can't be used in civil lawsuits, Brandis rules

By Allie Coyne on Apr 13, 2017 11:59AM

Not enough evidence to justify granting access.

The federal government has decided to block civil litigants from being able to request access to data retained under the nation's data retention scheme for use in their lawsuits. It had been reviewing whether to change the restrictions on civil litigant access to the metadata since ...

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