Via The Hill:
From January to June, Google received nearly 8,000 requests for user data from the U.S. government. The search company said it "fully or partially" compiled with roughly 90 percent of them. That's up from the 5,950 requests for user data that Google received from the U.S. government during the same period a year ago.
Google: Surveillance 'is on the rise' - The Hill's Hillicon Valley
Points:
- “India and Brazil came after the U.S. with 2,319 and 1,566 requests for user data, respectively, during the first half of 2012.”
- “Google received 20,938 requests for user data from government officials worldwide in the first half of this year, which targeted roughly 34,614 accounts. That's up from the 18,257 government requests for user data that Google received during the same period a year ago, around a 15 percent rise.”
- “Google saw a notable spike in the number of requests it received from government officials to remove content from YouTube and its other services during the first half of 2012.”
