Google, feds face off over search records – CNET News.com

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Google’s attempts to fend off the government’s request for millions of search terms will move to a federal court in San Jose, Calif., Tuesday morning.

In a closely watched case pitting prosecutors’ demands against privacy, U.S. District Judge James Ware will hear arguments about whether the U.S. Justice Department’s request is too broad and whether the request is necessary to help defend an antipornography law in court this fall.

On Jan. 18, the U.S. Justice Department asked Ware to order Google to comply with a subpoena. It demands a “random sampling” of 1 million Internet addresses accessible through Google’s popular search engine, and a random sampling of 1 million search queries submitted to Google in a one-week period.