'Itching for That Fight': Facebook Won't Just Hand Over User Info

Amy Miller, Corporate Counsel, writes, “ Facebook 's legal department is ready for a fight. Almost every day, law enforcement officials and civil litigators request information from a user's Facebook account, deputy general counsel Mark Howitson said.

But the social networking site is loath to provide it, Howitson reassured a standing-room-only audience during Tuesday's keynote speech at LegalTech New York . That's because the federal Electronics Communications Privacy Act prohibits the company from handing over any information about its 350 million users without a subpoena, unless someone gives his or her consent.”

'Itching for That Fight': Facebook Won't Just Hand Over User Info