Stanford CIS

Wash Int Daily

By Lauren Gelman on

November 28, 2005- "Search Query Use in Murder Case Spawns Privacy Concerns" in Washington Internet Daily. Juries can give too much weight to digital evidence, Stanford Center for Internet & Society Assoc. Dir. Lauren Gelman told us. She said Petrick's search results can only be meaningful when combined with evidence that's more direct. The Petrick case is important because it "demonstrates a record of  interaction in the world because of digital technology," said Gelman: "A lot of people don't know the trail they're leaving."

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