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Google Report Shows Governments Want More Private Data

Posted by Unknown on from the hungry-hungry-government dept.

judgecorp writes "The latest Google Transparency Report, which tallies the number of times personal data is requested from Google, shows that governments are becoming more inquisitive than ever. Requests for user data have gone up by 70 percent since Google started these reports in 2009 — but the report shows Google is getting better at saying no: in 2009 it complied — fully or partially — with 76 percent of requests, and that figure is now down to 66 percent." This report is the first to feature requests broken down by the legal process used.

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  1. better at saying no? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    More like governments are overreaching asking for data they have no legal right to than ever before.

  2. Getting better at saying no. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    I feel more allegiance to Google than the US government tbqh.

  3. Little math here by DJ+Jones · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If the requests went up by 70% and the the amount of "no"s dropped by 20%. They are not "getting better at saying no" on a raw numerical basis.

    Think about it.

  4. Pity by captbob2002 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Pity that Google even has user's private data to give to governments

    1. Re:Pity by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

      If you didn't give them private data. They don't have it.

      Nobody to blame but yourself.

      (captcha:blamable That is so weird.)

  5. Re:Wouldn't it be nice... by game+kid · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Don't wait on it. They're still too busy harassing YouTube users to show their Real Name, and tweaking the same to look more like Facebook (noticed those pics next to the comments? --oh who am I kidding, I'm trying to get people to read YouTube comments to make a point...silly me).

    Tough to stop employees from doing something when it's the company goal.

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