Government Increasingly Asking Google for User Data
Government entities are increasingly asking Google for user information to use in crime prosecution, according to the company’s recently-released transparency report.
User-data requests by local, state, and federal government entities increased from 8,888 in 2010 to 12,271 in 2011, a 38 percent jump. The 2011 requests accounted for more than 23,000 user accounts, and Google complied on 93 percent of the requests.
