Google Reverse Location Search Warrants (GEOFENCE SEARCH WARRANT) And Transparency Report
Crime တစ်ခုဖြစ်ရင် လိုအပ်လာရင် အမှု ဖြစ်ပွားတဲ့နေရာနဲ့ အနီးတစ်ဝိုက်မှာရှိတဲ့ Ph တွေရဲ့တည်နေရာကို တောင်းဆိုနိုင်ပါသည်။ ဘယ်နေရာ ဘယ်ဒီဂရီအတွင်းမှာရှိတဲ့ ဖုန်းတွေရဲ့တည်နေရာ အမျိုးအစား။(ရလာတဲ့ အချက်အလက်တွေအပေါ်မူတည်ပြီး လိုအပ်ရင် သက်ဆိုင်ရာ Telecom နဲ့ချိတ်ဆက်ပြီး စီစစ်စစ်ဆေးရမှာဖြစ်ပါတယ်။ (Example ဆက်သွယ်ရေးတိုင် BTS ဘယ်လောက်ရဲ့ ဘယ် ဒီဂရီကနေ ဘယ် ဒီဂရီအတွင်း)
( ဘယ်အချိန်ကနေ ဘယ်အချိန်အတွင်း)
တောင်းဆိုတဲ့ ပုံစံကို Google မှာလွယ်လွယ်ကူကူရှာဖွေနိုင်ပါတယ်။
ဆက်လက်ပြီးတောင်းဆိုနိုင်တဲ့အချက်အလက်တွေကတော့
Gmail
Subscriber registration information (e.g., name, account creation information,
associated email addresses, phone number)
Sign-in IP addresses and associated time stamps
YouTube
Subscriber registration information
Sign-in IP addresses and associated time stamps
Google Voice
Subscriber registration information
Sign-up IP address and associated time stamp
Telephone connection records
Billing information
Blogger
Blog registration page
Blog owner subscriber information
လက်တလောအရ နိုင်ငံတော်တော်များများတောင်းဆိုထားတာကိုတွေ့ရှိရပါတယ်။ ထုံးစံအတိုင်းမြန်မာနိုင်ငံ ကနေ အရင်ကရော ယခုရော တောင်းဆိုထားတာ မရှိပါ။ အမှုအနေအထားအရ Google မှာ အချက်အလက်ထုတ်ပေးနိုင်တဲ့ အပြင် အကောင့်တွေကိုပါ ဖျက်ဆီးပေးပါတယ်။
Related Link
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5729046-Google-Reverse-Search-Warrant-Eden-Prairie-Home.html
https://support.google.com/transparencyreport/answer/7381738
https://support.google.com/transparencyreport/answer/7381738
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Google Reverse Location Search Warrants
Google Reverse Location Search Warrants
Crime တစ္ခုျဖစ္ရင္ လုိအပ္လာရင္ အမႈ ျဖစ္ပြားတဲ့ေနရာနဲ႕ အနီးတစ္၀ုိက္မွာရွိတဲ့ Ph ေတြရဲ႕တည္ေနရာကုိ ေတာင္းဆုိႏုိင္ပါသည္။ ဘယ္ေနရာ ဘယ္ဒီဂရီအတြင္းမွာရွိတဲ့ ဖုန္းေတြရဲ႕တည္ေနရာ အမ်ဳိးအစား။(ရလာတဲ့ အခ်က္အလက္ေတြအေပၚမူတည္ၿပီး လုိအပ္ရင္ သက္ဆုိ္င္ရာ Telecom နဲ႕ခ်ိတ္ဆက္ၿပီး စီစစ္စစ္ေဆးရမွာျဖစ္ပါတယ္။ (Example ဆက္သြယ္ေရးတုိင္ BTS ဘယ္ေလာက္ရဲ႕ ဘယ္ ဒီဂရီကေန ဘယ္ ဒီဂရီအတြင္း)
( ဘယ္အခ်ိန္ကေန ဘယ္အခ်ိန္အတြင္း)
ေတာင္းဆုိတဲ့ ပုံစံကုိ Google မွာလြယ္လြယ္ကူကူရွာေဖြႏုိင္ပါတယ္။
ဆက္လက္ၿပီးေတာင္းဆုိႏုိင္တဲ့အခ်က္အလက္ေတြကေတာ့
Gmail
Subscriber registration information (e.g., name, account creation information,
associated email addresses, phone number)
Sign-in IP addresses and associated time stamps
YouTube
Subscriber registration information
Sign-in IP addresses and associated time stamps
Google Voice
Subscriber registration information
Sign-up IP address and associated time stamp
Telephone connection records
Billing information
Blogger
Blog registration page
Blog owner subscriber information
လက္တေလာအရ ႏုိင္ငံေတာ္ေတာ္မ်ားမ်ားေတာင္းဆုိထားတာကုိေတြ႕ရွိရပါတယ္။ ထုံးစံအတုိင္းျမန္မာႏုိင္ငံ ကေန အရင္ကေရာ ယခုေရာ ေတာင္းဆုိထားတာ မရွိပါ။ အမႈအေနအထားအရ Google မွာ အခ်က္အလက္ထုတ္ေပးႏုိင္တဲ့ အျပင္ အေကာင့္ေတြကုိပါ ဖ်က္ဆီးေပးပါတယ္။
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About Google Geofence Search Warrants
Overview:
Google has the ability to produce an anonymized list of all device IDs for their subscriber account holders within a specified area of interest and time frame. This anonymized list contains the specific device IDs, geo-location information with accuracy radius, the date and times associated with the geo-locations, and the source of the geo-location data. No subscriber information is provided in this anonymized list. Per Google, the device IDs are not a valid target identifier that can otherwise be used to search for information outside of Google. The device IDs are used only for distinguishing unique devices in a particular user’s location history and cannot be mapped to an Android ID or an IMEI/MEID. Google collects this data for marketing purposes, but with proper legal demand, law enforcement can leverage this data to help further investigations.
The geo-location data is derived from four different sources (Wi-fi, Bluetooth, cell sites, GPS), all with a varying level of accuracy. Since most geofence requests are related to a specific area of interest, GPS, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth are the most frequently recorded.
This search warrant template is used to obtain the geo-location information (anonymized list) associated with the device IDs within a specified area during a specified time frame, and to obtain the subscriber information related to those device IDs of most interest.
Investigators can also obtain additional location information for a shortlist of device IDs, providing investigators the ability to visualize device ID movement before, during and after the crime. This is very important; once you move to the step of obtaining subscriber information and Google produces it, per Google additional location history cannot be provided without additional legal process. Another very important note is requests for additional location information must be received within 14 days of Google’s initial production of responsive information (anonymized list), after which, device IDs may not be used to search for additional location information under this search warrant.
After shortlisting the device IDs of interest, investigators can obtain the subscriber information. There are two paths one can take here. You can either include this last step within the initial search warrant (Production Protocol #5) or seek additional legal demand. California Penal Code § 1524.3(a) (CalECPA) requires a search warrant to obtain subscriber information, whereas for other states that follow the federal ECPA laws, per 18 U.S. Code § 2703(c)(2), one only needs an administrative subpoena.
With that said, there are Courts allowing the subscriber data to be obtained with a single search warrant, however our recommendation is to seek additional legal demand after your investigative steps have produced the anonymized shortlist. This extra step will help ensure you properly document your investigative steps on how you got to your shortlist of device IDs and help meet the reasonable “particularity” requirements of the Fourth Amendment. If you will be seeking additional legal demand for subscriber information, be sure to remove Production Protocol #5 and the subsequent language in the search warrant template.
No matter the direction you take, be sure to check with your prosecutors before moving forward.
Investigative Steps:
This search warrant template covers a multi-step investigative process:
This search warrant template covers a multi-step investigative process:
- Request the list of device IDs based on specific area(s) of interest and specific time frame(s)
- No subscriber info. is provided; just the anonymized list of device IDs
- Multiple locations can be submitted to identify multiple device IDs appearing at two or more locations during different time frames (e.g. multiple bank robberies)
- Once the anonymized list is received, drag-n-drop the return into CellHawk. There is no need to clean the record prior to uploading (Not a CellHawk customer? Request a free trial by clicking here)
- Identify which device IDs fit the crime timeline and m.o. of your crime
- Shortlist the anonymized list to those device IDs of most interest
- Shortlist to narrow device IDs to a reasonable list and remove devices that do not appear to be relevant to your investigation
- Too many device IDs and Google may say the request is overly broad
- Email Google your shortlist of device IDs
- See below for instructions on how to submit your shortlist via email
- Shortlist to narrow device IDs to a reasonable list and remove devices that do not appear to be relevant to your investigation
- The next step has two investigative directions. You can either seek additional location information related to your shortlist of device IDs or go straight to obtaining subscriber information
- If no further location history is needed, and depending on the direction you took for legal process, you can either email Google for the subscriber info. based on the shortlist or serve Google with a second legal demand
– OR – - Request additional location history for specific device IDs (shortlist)
- We recommend always obtaining the additional location information
- Request X mins/hrs before the crime and X mins/hrs after the crime
- We are looking for movement before, during and after the crime
- Reminders:
- Per Google, once you move to the step of obtaining subscriber information and they produce it, additional location history cannot be provided without additional legal process
- Per Google, requests for additional location information must be received within 14 days of Google’s initial production of responsive information (anonymized list), after which device IDs may not be used to search for additional location information under this search warrant
- If no further location history is needed, and depending on the direction you took for legal process, you can either email Google for the subscriber info. based on the shortlist or serve Google with a second legal demand
Submitting your Search Warrant to Google:
You can submit your search warrant via the Google LERS (Law Enforcement Request System) portal. Google LERS is a system in which a verified law enforcement official can securely submit a legal demand for subscriber and geofence data, view the status of the submitted demand, and download the response.
To obtain a LERS account, navigate to https://lers.google.com/ and click on Create Account.
Be sure to create an account before you need it. You will need to use your official government email address to request access.
Submitting your Shortlist of Device IDs:
Once you have identified the device IDs of interest (shortlist), and since your search warrant covered the multi-step process, you can email your shortlist to Google at uslawenforcement@google.com to either obtain additional location history or, depending on the direction you took for legal process, to obtain subscriber information.
Once you have identified the device IDs of interest (shortlist), and since your search warrant covered the multi-step process, you can email your shortlist to Google at uslawenforcement@google.com to either obtain additional location history or, depending on the direction you took for legal process, to obtain subscriber information.
Email Instructions:
- Be sure to send the email from your government email address
- Enter your Google LERS Reference Number in the Subject Line
- List all device IDs of interest (shortlist) in the body of the email
- Be sure to include your law enforcement e-signature at the bottom of the email with your contact info
Special Notes:
- If seeking subscriber information related to device IDs, Google will provide basic subscriber information as defined in 18 U.S.C. § 2703(c)(2).
- Pursuant to the Search Warrant, once identifying subscriber information is produced, additional location history cannot be provided without additional legal process.
Conclusion:
Google has this data from ~2009 to the present and users can delete their user profile account at any time, thus potentially disassociating them from a specific device ID. Per Google there is no preservation of Geofence Reverse Location Search data, so traditional preservation requests will not be useful here. It is believed that even if a subscriber deletes their location data, Google still retains the device IDs since they are obtained with the intent for advertising purposes and saved to a different server. The question remains: Will Google be able to identify the subscriber information with the specific device IDs if the user has deleted their subscriber account? The geo-location device ID data is retained by Google on their servers known as the “Sensorvault” database.
As a side note, if the subscriber deletes their user profile account, their data is backed up by Google in what’s known as the “Tombstone” archive, and Google purges the Tombstone after 24 hours. If a subscriber is known, be sure to serve Google with a Preservation Request related to the subscriber account. You can download a Google Subscriber Account Preservation Letter
Google’s notification policy by default is to notify users of any law enforcement requests, therefore if you want non-disclosure/delay of notice, you should include the language necessary in your search warrant. Sealing your warrant is also recommended.
SUPERIOR COURT OF <YOUR STATE>
COUNTY OF <YOUR COUNTY>
SEARCH WARRANT
<Your Name> swears under oath that the facts expressed by him in the attached and incorporated Statement of Probable Cause are true and that based thereon he has probable
cause to believe and does believe that the articles, property, electronic communications, and data described below are lawfully seized pursuant to <code> et seq., as indicated below, and are now located at the location(s) set forth below. Wherefore, Affiant requests that this Search Warrant be issued.
cause to believe and does believe that the articles, property, electronic communications, and data described below are lawfully seized pursuant to <code> et seq., as indicated below, and are now located at the location(s) set forth below. Wherefore, Affiant requests that this Search Warrant be issued.
__________________________________________________________
(Signature of Affiant)
(Signature of Affiant)
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF <Your State> TO ANY PEACE OFFICER IN THE COUNTY OF <Your County>: proof by affidavit, having been this day made
before me by <Your Name>, finds that there is probable cause to believe that the property and/or person described herein may be found at the locations set forth herein and is lawfully seized pursuant to <code> et seq., as indicated below by X (s) in that:
before me by <Your Name>, finds that there is probable cause to believe that the property and/or person described herein may be found at the locations set forth herein and is lawfully seized pursuant to <code> et seq., as indicated below by X (s) in that:
- When the property was stolen or embezzled;
- When the property or things were used as the means of committing a felony:
- When the property or things to be seized consist of an item or constitute evidence that tends to show that a felony has been committed, or tends to show that a particular person has committed a felony;
- When the property or things are in the possession of any person with the intent to use them as a means for committing a public offense, or in the possession of another to whom he or she may have delivered them for the purpose of concealing them or preventing their discovery;
- There is a warrant to arrest a person;
- When a provider of electronic communication service or remote computing service has records or evidence, as specified in <code>, showing that property was stolen or embezzled constituting a misdemeanor, or that property or things are in the possession of any person with the intent to use them as a means of committing a misdemeanor public offense, or in the possession of another to whom he or she may have delivered them for the purpose of concealing them or preventing their discovery;
PLACE TO BE SEARCHED:
See Attachment A
ITEMS TO BE SEIZED:
See Attachment B
ATTACHMENT “A”
YOU ARE THEREFORE COMMANDED TO SEARCH:
Google, LLC – An Electronic Communications Service Provider
Google Legal Investigations Support
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, CA, 94043
Google Legal Investigations Support
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, CA, 94043
Service via Google’s Law Enforcement Request System (LERS) on-line
Service may be via email at uslawenforcement@google.com
Service may be via email at uslawenforcement@google.com
ATTACHMENT “B”
ITEMS TO BE SEIZED AND SEARCHED:
This warrant is directed to Google, LLC, headquartered at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California, and applies to:
Records pertaining to:
Identifying information according to the “Production Protocol” described below for Google accounts that reported a GPS, cellular, WiFi or Bluetooth sourced location history data generated from devices that reported a location within the geographic region bounded by the following coordinates dates and times (“Initial Search Parameters”):
Production Protocol:
- Google shall query location history data based on the Initial Search Parameters (as described above).
- For each location point recorded within the Initial Search Parameters, Google shall produce anonymized information specifying the corresponding unique device IDs of all location data, whether derived from Global Positioning System (GPS) data, cell site/cell tower triangulation/trilateration, Bluetooth beacons, precision measurement information such as timing advance or per call measurement data, and Wi-Fi location, including the GPS coordinates, estimated radius, and the dates and times of all location recordings (with captured time zone), data source and device type (platform), during the date and time period associated with specific device IDs; (the “Anonymized List”).
- Law enforcement shall review the Anonymized List to remove device IDs that are not relevant to the investigation, for example, device IDs that were not in the location for a relevant period of time, or device’s that remained at the location after law enforcement arrival. Law enforcement will also shortlist the Anonymized List by reviewing the time stamped location coordinates for each device ID and compare that against the known time and location information that is specific to this crime. Law enforcement will also compare the Anonymized List for each location and attempt to locate device IDs located at two or more identified locations.
- If additional location information for a given anonymized device ID is needed in order to determine whether that anonymized device ID is relevant to the investigation, law enforcement may request that Google provide additional location coordinates for the time period that fall outside of the Initial Search Parameters. These contextual location coordinates may assist law enforcement in identifying anonymized device IDs that were located outside the search locations, were not within the search locations for a long enough period of time, were moving through the search locations in a manner inconsistent with the facts of the underlying case, or otherwise are not relevant to the investigation.
- For those anonymized device IDs identified as relevant pursuant to the ongoing investigation through an analysis of provided records, and upon demand by law enforcement, Google shall provide identifying information for the Google accounts associated with each identified anonymized device IDs, to include subscriber’s name, street address, telephone number(s), email addresses, services subscribed to, last six (6) months of IP history, SMS account number, and registration IP, all information provided by the subscriber to the service provider to establish or maintain an account or communications channel.
<Special note: It is our recommendation to use a second legal demand when seeking subscriber data. If you proceed with subscriber data under one legal demand, you can leave PP #5. Be sure to remove PP #5 if using a second warrant as well as any language in the body of the warrant related to subscriber data. See instructions tab for details; special attention California agencies. Be sure to check with your prosecutors before moving forward>
Investigating officers and those agents acting under the direction of the investigating officers are authorized to access all data to determine if the data contains the items as described above. Those items that are within the scope of this warrant may be copied and retained by investigating officers.
Order for Production of Records
It is hereby ordered that any records produced in response to this search warrant may be provided via email or digital storage media to:
Sgt. John Smith
123 Main St
Anytown ,
TX
76226
John.Smith@anytown.org
(469) 373-HAWK
123 Main St
Anytown ,
TX
76226
John.Smith@anytown.org
(469) 373-HAWK
Order to Delay Notice:
<Be sure to include a Non-Disclosure/Delay of Notice since Google’s policy is to notify their users of law enforcement requests unless otherwise ordered to not disclose>
This matter having come before this Court pursuant to an affidavit and petition which requests the issuance of an order commanding Google, LLC to not disclose to or notify any person of the existence of the warrant (“criminal process”) attached hereto, the Court finds that:
This matter having come before this Court pursuant to an affidavit and petition which requests the issuance of an order commanding Google, LLC to not disclose to or notify any person of the existence of the warrant (“criminal process”) attached hereto, the Court finds that:
- The criminal process is issued pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 2703(b)(1) (search warrant for the content) or 18 U.S.C. § 2703(c)(2) (criminal process for non-content records), therefore the <Your Agency> is not requested to provide notice to the subscriber or customer;
- The Petition is valid pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 2703 (b); and
- Per 18 U.S.C. § 2705(a), there is reason to believe that the notification to any person, other than as is necessary to provide the demanded records, documents, data, and/or content of the existence of the criminal process will result in:
- Endangering the life or physical safety of an individual;
- Flight from prosecution;
- Destruction of or tampering with evidence;
- Intimidation of potential witnesses; or
- Otherwise seriously jeopardizing an investigation or unduly delaying a trial.
I further state that the other means of preventing the identified results of the aforementioned disclosure or notification are not readily employable because:
- I do not know the true identity of the suspect in this investigation;
- I do not know the current location of the suspect in this investigation;
- I do not know the location of or description of specific evidence the suspect may possess or to which the suspect may have access to;
- I believe the suspect is in the presence of or has access to a victim or vulnerable person (e.g., a child) who may be a victim of the aforementioned crimes being investigated; and/or,
- Other: <enter other>
It is hereby ordered that Google and the executing agency shall delay notification of the existence of this warrant, or the existence of the investigation, to the subscribers or to any other person:
- permanently; or,
- for a period of time not less than <##> days.
STATEMENT OF PROBABLE CAUSE
Summary:
<Briefly explain the purpose of the warrant. Example:
I am currently investigating a <crime> that occurred on <date>. There are no suspects and I have not yet located any witnesses. The purpose of this search warrant application is to authorize the examination of Google location history records from the time and place of the <crime> to identify potential suspects and witnesses.
I am currently investigating a <crime> that occurred on <date>. There are no suspects and I have not yet located any witnesses. The purpose of this search warrant application is to authorize the examination of Google location history records from the time and place of the <crime> to identify potential suspects and witnesses.
Affiant’s Experience:
I, <Your Name>, being a duly sworn peace officer for the State of <Your State>, have been employed by the <Your Agency> for <Enter years of employment> years.
<Insert affiant’s law enforcement experience here>
Investigation:
This affidavit is made in support of a search warrant requesting the listed geo-location information as described in Attachment B, related to a criminal investigation of <code(s)> which began on <date> as described below.
<Insert case-specific reasons for choosing those times listed. Example: “Witness Jones reported hearing a single gunshot at 3:40 a.m. Officer Smith discovered the victim’s body at 3:45 a.m. and saw no other people in the immediate area. Therefore, I am requesting records from approximately 10 minutes before the murder through the arrival of Officer Smith.”>
Google Location History Data:
Based on my training and experience, I know most people in today’s society possess cellular phones and other connected devices (e.g. tablets, watches, laptops) used to communicate electronically. I know these devices are capable of sending and receiving communications in many different forms. I know most people carry cellular phones on their person and will carry them whenever they leave their place of residence. I know that cellular phones may include global positioning systems (GPS) and other technology for determining a more precise location of the device.
I know a subject’s physical cellular phone often times does not retain all the data relevant to a specific crime. Portions of this data may only be on the Electronic Communications Service Provider’s server located in the subscriber’s account. Google services are often interconnected with a log-in to a Google account allowing access to many of the other Google services.
Google is also a company which provides electronic communication services to subscribers, including email services. Google allows subscribers to obtain email accounts at the domain name gmail.com and/or google.com. Subscribers obtain an account by registering with Google. A subscriber using the provider’s services can access his or her email account from any computer or smart phone/device connected to the Internet.
Google has developed an operating system for mobile devices, including cellular phones, watches and tablets known as Android, that has a proprietary operating system. Nearly every cellular phone using the Android operating system has an associated Google account, and users are prompted to add a Google account when they first activate a new Android device.
I know nearly every Android powered device has an associated Google account. I also know that Apple iPhone’s supports several Google applications, such as Google Search, Gmail, Google Maps, and Google Drive, all of which require a Google account. I also know Google continuously tracks devices with an associated Google account.
Based on my training, experience and conversations I’ve had with other law enforcement officers and/or from reviewing documentation, I know that Google collects and retains location data on their servers (also known as the “Sensorvault” database) from Android enabled mobile devices, as well as devices supporting Google applications such as Google Search, Gmail, Google Maps, and Google Drive, so long as the location services of the phone are enabled. The location data gathered is stored forever, unless it is deleted by the user. The company uses this information for location-based advertising and location-based search results. Per Google, this information is derived from Global Position System (GPS) data, cell site/cell tower information, Bluetooth beacons, and Wi-Fi access points. While the specific parameters of when this data is collected are not entirely clear, it appears that Google collects this data not only whenever one of their services is activated and/or whenever there is an event on the mobile device such as a phone call, text messages, internet access, or email access, but also when the user is not interacting with the device (e.g. applications running in the background).
Additionally, location information digitally integrated into images, videos, or other computer files sent via the cellular phone can further indicate the geographic location of the account’s user at a particular time. Digital cameras, including cameras built into a cellular phone, frequently store GPS coordinates in the metadata of image files, indicating where a photo was taken. These image files may be stored in the account user’s Google cloud storage.
Based on my training and experience, I know when a user activates a Google Account, Google will request an associated phone number for the user, to assist in password recovery if a password is forgotten or for security purposes.
Given that almost all cellular phones and connected devices are either supported by Google or support Google software and most people in today’s society carry a cellular phone or other connected device on their person at nearly all times, I believe it is likely the suspect(s) involved in this criminal investigation were in possession of at least one cellular phone/device, which was either powered by Android OS or had a cellular phone with a Google application.
Based on my training and experience, suspects involved in criminal activity will typically use cellular phones to communicate when multiple suspects are involved. I am also aware Android based cellular phones report detailed location information to Google, where the geo-location and electronic data is then stored on their servers.
The timeframe of the Google request of <Date and Timeframe (e.g. 12/12/2018, 10pm PDT to 12/13/2018, 7:00am PDT)> will allow investigators to see which Google device IDs were present in the geographic area prior to, during, and after the crime. The information provided by the extended timeframe and times when entering and exiting the geographical area will allow investigators to determine which device IDs require further investigation and which ones do not. The initial device IDs provided by Google do not include any subscriber information and is provided in an anonymized list.
I believe the information provided by Google will assist investigators in understanding a bigger geographic picture and timeline, which may tend to identify potential witnesses, as well as possibly inculpate or exculpate the account owners. I therefore believe that it is likely that a review of Google’s location history will help law enforcement in developing suspect(s) in a felony crime, the crime of <code(s)> and provide possible witnesses to the crime.
As such, I am requesting a list of any Google anonymized device IDs in a geographic area around the <address of target location(s)> in particular, the geographical region(s) identified in Attachment B and the date(s) and time(s) specified. This Application seeks authority to collect certain location information related to Google device IDs that were located within the Target Location(s) during the Date and Time Period (Anonymized List).
The information sought from Google regarding the Anonymized List will potentially identify which cellular phones/devices were near the location where the crime occurred and may assist law enforcement in determining which persons were present or involved in the crime under investigation.
Law enforcement shall review the Anonymized List to remove device IDs that are not relevant to the investigation, such as device IDs that were not in the location for a sufficient period of time. If additional location information for a given device ID is needed in order to determine whether that device is relevant to the investigation, law enforcement may request that Google provide additional location coordinates for the time period that fall outside of the target location. These contextual location coordinates may assist law enforcement in identifying devices that were located outside the target location, were not within the target location for a long enough period of time, were moving through the target location in a manner inconsistent with the facts of the underlying case, or otherwise are not relevant to the investigation.
Google Legal Process Service Location:
On <date>, I confirmed the location where Google accepts service of search warrants by reviewing the www.search.org “ISP List.” Based on my experience and discussion with other members of law enforcement, I know that SEARCH is a national non-profit organization dedicated to sharing information and training law enforcement. The “ISP List” is constantly updated and is commonly relied upon by law enforcement to determine the location to send search warrants to a wide range of communications service providers, financial institutions and other record holders.
According to the SEARCH ISP List, Google, LLC accepts search warrants at the following location:
Google Legal Investigations Support
Google LLC
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, CA 94043
Service may be via email at uslawenforcement@google.com
Google LLC
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, CA 94043
Service may be via email at uslawenforcement@google.com
Productions of Records
Based on my training and experience, I know that the requested records are maintained in electronic format. I also know that Google prefers to produce records in an electronic format and that electronic records are easier for investigators, prosecution and defense to use. Therefore, I request an order that any records be provided in electronic format to the following address:
Sgt. John Smith
123 Main St
Anytown ,
TX
76226
John.Smith@anytown.org
(469) 373-HAWK
123 Main St
Anytown ,
TX
76226
John.Smith@anytown.org
(469) 373-HAWK
Conclusion:
The facts set forth in this affidavit are based upon my own personal observations, my training and experience, and information obtained during this investigation. Therefore, based on the above facts, I have probable cause to believe, and do believe, that evidence of the commissions of felonies, in violation(s) of <code(s)>, and property related to the commission of said felonies, will be located on the premises described above. I request that a search warrant be issued with respect to the above location for the seizure of said property.
I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.
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(Signature of Affiant / Date)
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