http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/2012/06/19/beyond-the-numbers-googles-transparency-report/ Human Rights First builds respect for human rights and the rule of law to help ensure the dignity to which everyone is entitled and to stem intolerance, tyranny, and violence. Fri, 24 May 2013 21:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/2012/06/19/beyond-the-numbers-googles-transparency-report/#comment-156870 John Franklin Thrall Tue, 19 Jun 2012 21:16:50 +0000 http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/?p=19718#comment-156870 What is most disturbing is that governments think they have the right and power to make demands on companies that are service providers of the access to information. Do we know if those governments provide any information to Google or any other service provider to prove the information requested is part of a criminal investigation? What are the criteria for accepting or denying the request? It seems to be a questionable procedure and if Google wishes to really be transparent they should inform users of the requests, at least the ones that are denied. What is most disturbing is that governments think they have the right and power to make demands on companies that are service providers of the access to information.
Do we know if those governments provide any information to Google or any other service provider to prove the information requested is part of a criminal investigation? What are the criteria for accepting or denying the request? It seems to be a questionable procedure and if Google wishes to really be transparent they should inform users of the requests, at least the ones that are denied.

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