A privacy group is advocating against an energy company’s subpoena seeking information on dozens of e-mail accounts, Courthouse News Service reports. Following a $19 billion judgment in favor of Ecuadorean aborigines and farmers against Chevron for an oil contamination, the company has filed subpoenas for information—including IP addresses and time stamps—about Yahoo and Google users, calling the verdict “extortionate fraud.” In response to the subpoenas, the Electronic Frontier Foundation has filed an amicus brief stating that the release of the information the company seeks would intrude on the privacy of the John Does involved, adding the court “should not permit Chevron’s unnecessary and unwarranted fishing expedition” without sufficient cause.
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