Data Requests

No reluctance to provide data to German investigators: Facebook

Facebook rejected on Monday claims made by Germany's state authorities that it was reluctant to co-operate with them on criminal investigations, saying many of the requests it received for user data were incorrectly formulated.

Governments are requesting for user data more than ever: Google Transparency Report

Google's latest Transparency Report is out and shows how user data requests by governments are the highest ever.

India, US tops list of government requests for Facebook data

Facebook said that government requests for account data increased by 13 percent in the second half of 2015, with the United States and India topping the list.

Microsoft sues US government over data requests

Microsoft has sued the US government for the right to tell its customers when a federal agency is looking at their emails, the latest in a series of clashes over privacy between the technology industry and Washington.

Google Transparency Report: Governments pressure Google for more user information

AT&T says it will publish reports on data requests

AT&T Inc. says it will publish reports on the number of requests for customer information it receives from law enforcement agencies, the latest move in the telecommunications industry toward fuller disclosure amid debate over government surveillance programs.

AT&T says it will publish reports on data requests

AT&T Inc. says it will publish reports on the number of requests for customer information it receives from law enforcement agencies, the latest move in the telecommunications industry toward fuller disclosure amid debate over government surveillance programs.

In first, Apple discloses information requests from governments

Apple Inc on Tuesday disclosed the number of information requests it received from governments around the world, making it one of the last big tech companies to do so in the wake of the controversy over data collection by U.S. national security agencies

In first, Apple discloses information requests from governments

Apple Inc on Tuesday disclosed the number of information requests it received from governments around the world, making it one of the last big tech companies to do so in the wake of the controversy over data collection by U.S. national security agencies

India made 321 user data requests in 2013: Microsoft

India made 321 user data requests between January to June this year to software giant Microsoft (including Skype), which disclosed subscriber/ transactional data for nearly 80 percent of those requests.