Law & Disorder Civilization & Discontents
Google stands up for Gmail users, requires cops to get a warrant As e-mail privacy laws stall in Congress, Google pushes for stronger standard. Jan 24, 2013 3:00 am UTC Under current law, there's a fairly low standard for law enforcement to access your e-mail. The United States remains far ahead of all governments who request user information from Google, according to the company’s latest Transparency Report (July through December 2012) which was released on Wednesday. American government agencies (including federal, state, and local authorities) made over 8,400 requests for nearly 15,000 accounts—far exceeding India, the next largest country in terms of information requests. In 88 percent of those queries, Google complied with at least ...
