Split Pa. Justices Rule Rapist's Google Search Wasn't Private

By P.J. D'Annunzio ( December 16, 2025, 6:17 PM EST) -- The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that evidence the state police collected from Google on searches a convicted rapist conducted online to find his victim were fair game at trial, ruling in a split decision that the defendant did not have an expectation of privacy when using the search engine....

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