Posted on 11/22/2013 7:54:49 AM PST by daniel1212
Google says it's facing a rapidly increasing number of data requests from national governments, and particularly the United States government...
Google says that, in the six-month period between January and June 2013, the United States government made almost 11,000 requests for information related to Google's users....
Overall, this means Google faced twice as many data requests between January and June 2013 than it did over the same period last year. Google added that this remarkable total "only include[s] the requests we're allowed to publish."
Google says that, in most cases where data was requested, it handed over the information. That said, the rate varied by country -- 83 per cent of U.S. data requests were approved, while only 48 per cent of Germany's data requests were given the 'OK'...
Google went on to express frustration with laws that block it from sharing information about these data requests with its many users.
"We believe it's your right to know what kinds of requests and how many each government is making of us and other companies," noted Google Legal Director, Richard Salgado.
God knows all, and has unlimited "data storage," and thus we need a Savior, and those who are governed by Him and conscience from within need not be controlled from without, as others often must, but what governs the government is also of concern.
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After reading this one word comes to mind. CONTROL.
So how big was the handover rate on the requests they were not allowed to publish??
And how big was the not-allowed-to publish proportion?
The US is junta-run. It’ll come crashing down.
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