When the FBI Seizes Your Messages from Big Tech, You May Not Know It for Years

Every year, Facebook, Google and other technology companies receive hundreds of thousands of orders from law enforcement agencies seeking personal data people store online. Often, those requests are accompanied by secrecy orders that require the tech companies to keep their customers in the dark, potentially for years. Former federal prosecutor and McCarter Partner Robert Mintz provides his perspective on what investigators must show to prove the need for secrecy.