Judge Orders Google To Release Search Data

A federal judged issued a ruling Friday in the spat between Google and the Department of Justice over a government request that the company turn over search-query data. US District Court Judge James Ware’s decision mandates that Google turn over 50,000 random URLs from its database. Google, which had cited user privacy as its chief argument for its refusal to comply with the subpoena, has praised the ruling because of its requirement to release only a limited set of data