HargaRumah: Court Halts DOJ Overreach In EZ Lynk Case

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Court Halts DOJ Overreach In EZ Lynk Case

Plus: Meta Exposed Data Internally From Employee-Tracking Program

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Last month, Forbes reported that the DOJ demanded that Amazon, Apple and Google provide identifying information, including names and addresses, of all users of a car tinkering app made by Cayman Islands-based EZ Lynk.

The government claimed it needed the information as part of a case to prosecute EZ Lynk, which allegedly helped people circumvent emissions laws. EZ Lynk’s lawyers pushed back, claiming the subpoenas amounted to government overreach. At the end of last week, the court sided with the car app maker. In an order, the judge wrote that neither EZ Lynk nor the tech providers would have to provide the DOJ with app users’ personally identifiable information.

That doesn’t guarantee that every EZ Lynk user will remain anonymous in the case. If any turn up in requested communications with the company, they may not be protected, according to the order. The judge also noted that EZ Lynk and government prosecutors will meet over the coming two weeks to decide whether it might be possible to subpoena data on certain users, such as those more active on the app. It’s unclear whether the government would want to subpoena the tech giants again for those details.

It’s a win for EZ Lynk customers, whose personal information will now be protected, and may set a precedent that the government can’t demand personal data en masse when many users might be innocent of any alleged crime.

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