Google may have been the primary target of a sharp attack by privacy commissioners from 10 nations on Tuesday, but later that same day, the company revealed a new tool that could effectively turn the tables on those and other governments. Specifically, the company’s new Government Requests tool is designed to reveal for all to see when government agencies around the world ask Google to provide them with user data or remove certain content. Currently, Brazil tops the list for both, with 291 requests to remove content and 3,663 requests for user data.
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New Google Tool Exposes Government Pushing and Prying
Posted by: Katherine Noyes April 21, 2010 11:47 AMGoogle may have been the primary target of a sharp attack by privacy commissioners from 10 nations on Tuesday, but later that same day, the company revealed a new tool that could effectively turn the tables on those and other governments. Specifically, the company’s new Government Requests tool is designed to reveal for all to see when government agencies around the world ask Google to provide them with user data or remove certain content. Currently, Brazil tops the list for both, with 291 requests to remove content and 3,663 requests for user data.