Google Inc. does not have the discretion to refuse to produce emails from a private account once the account holder has given express consent, a California appellate court ruled in a lawsuit stemming from a Florida-based civil action.
In a case of first impression, California’s Sixth District Court of Appeal, ruling in a matter from Santa Clara Superior Court, rejected Google’s argument that the federal Stored Communications Act gave the search engine provider discretion when it came to complying with a client’s explicit request.
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