[kingu]

Considering how much of the internet is now connected through Google's search engine, I'm not surprised they'd object. But using the excuse of privacy? Sorry, it doesn't wash when you cooperate with China's draconian system.

Google should publish a data search price list, open it to anyone who wants to pay the money, and if the US Government wants to be one of the consumers of that data, more power to them. Search data is one of google's biggest assets, and COPA or no COPA, granting access to that data should come at a huge price tag.

[NJ_gent]

"Google should publish a data search price list, open it to anyone who wants to pay the money"

Doing this would kill their userbase. People would flee from Google in droves, using any other search engine (no matter how bad) rather than have information about themselves sold to the highest bidder.