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ICE Wants to Know Who Bought a Certain Green Beanie From REI in the Last 2 Years
U.S. Homeland Security Investigations issued a subpoena to REI demanding customer records of purchasers of a specific green beanie over a two-year period. The subpoena targeted REI as part of a dragnet investigation to identify protesters who entered a Minnesota church in March.
Why it matters: Retailers and practitioners managing customer data should be aware that law enforcement may seek purchase records without traditional warrants, raising questions about data retention policies and legal obligations to comply with broad investigative requests.
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