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Google says US govt demands for data tripled in past three years
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Posted on 11/14/2013 11:22:51 AM PST by Red in Blue PA

Government requests for data soared from 3,580 in 2009 to 10,918, Google said on Thursday -- and those are only the data demands the web giant is allowed to publish.

A 2013 Transparency Report described on the Internet giant's Public Policy blog is the latest in an ongoing effort to provide a window into worldwide governmental efforts to tap into the digital profiles Google builds and the digital communications it relays. The report revealed a tremendous increase worldwide in government efforts to mine Google’s data.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bigbrother; google; nsa; spying

1 posted on 11/14/2013 11:22:51 AM PST by Red in Blue PA
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To: Red in Blue PA

Clearly, we are a nation of terrorists and our government is trying to protect us from ourselves.


2 posted on 11/14/2013 11:33:59 AM PST by Zuben Elgenubi
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To: Red in Blue PA

I bet Google just rolled over and played dead without a fight and releaed that data.


3 posted on 11/14/2013 11:43:20 AM PST by puppypusher
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To: Red in Blue PA

Oh sure, Google was sooooo sad about having to give up that data, sure.

Don’t be evil, sure.

Hand in glove partners in SPYING...?! No way, man. They’d NEVER do that.


4 posted on 11/14/2013 12:07:06 PM PST by gaijin
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