[ PFIR ] Google: Building on Surveillance Reform

[Cari Machet]

Yes r very well put and when the USG lets go of some piece of power i see
it as a red flag that they have found another route to even more power

Aaahhh george ... too bad some people cant live really longer than the
others

On Oct 15, 2016 6:04 PM, "Razer" <rayzer at riseup.net> wrote:

>
> On 10/15/2016 12:32 AM, Evil incarnate wrote:
>
> >       Before producing data in response to a government
> >       request, we make sure it strictly follows the law, for example
> >       to compel us to disclose content in criminal cases we require
> >       the government use a search warrant, and that it complies with
> >       Google's strict policies (to prevent overreach that can
> >       compromise users' privacy).
>
>
> Two words: "FISC Court", over-rides all that crap. Last year the court
> passed EVERY SINGLE ORDER of the thousands put before it.
>
> Don't believe the LIES. FiveEyes DOES NOT ALLOW a digital
> right-to-privacy from their snooping. Never did... Even before teh
> intertubz, never will.
>
> As George Carlin put it: "You have owners."
>
> Rr
>
> > Google: Building on Surveillance Reform
> >
> > https://blog.google/topics/public-policy/building-surveillance-reform/
> >
> >       Today, we've updated our Transparency Report on government
> >       requests for user data.  Globally, we received 44,943
> >       government requests for information regarding 76,713 accounts
> >       during the first half of 2016.  We provided user information
> >       in response to 64% of those requests, which remains unchanged
> >       from the previous reporting period (i.e. the second half of
> >       2015).  We also received our first ever requests from the
> >       following countries: Algeria, Belarus, Cayman Islands, El
> >       Salvador, Fiji, and Saudi Arabia. In addition, pursuant to the
> >       USA Freedom Act, the FBI lifted a gag restriction on an NSL
> >       issued in the second half of 2015.  To reflect this, we have
> >       updated the range of NSLs received in that period -- July to
> >       December 2015 -- from 0-499 to 1-499.  As we have noted in the
> >       past, when we receive a request for user information, we
> >       review it carefully and only provide information within the
> >       scope and authority of the request.  The privacy and security
> >       of the data that users store with Google is central to our
> >       approach.  Before producing data in response to a government
> >       request, we make sure it strictly follows the law, for example
> >       to compel us to disclose content in criminal cases we require
> >       the government use a search warrant, and that it complies with
> >       Google's strict policies (to prevent overreach that can
> >       compromise users' privacy).
> >
> > --Lauren--
> >
>
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