User Data, Google Transparent, Governments Opaque

Who reviews the governments' requests as reasonable? To whom are the government agents accountable? As we found out in the case of the US NSA--no accountability is built-in -- secret rubber-stamp Courts, clueless President, dysfunctional Congress, all allow government bureaucrats and snoops to run wild --

Govts’ intense interest in web users’ data doubles in 3 years – Google report — RT News: "The number of government requests for Google user data has increased significantly with the United States topping the list, followed by India, Germany and France, according to a transparency report issued by the American tech giant. The eighth Google Transparency report revealed earlier this week shows figures have more than doubled in the past three years. Since the search giant began sharing the statistics in 2010, requests have rocketed from 12,539 in the last half of 2009 to 25,879 in the first six months of 2013. “This comes as usage of our services continues to grow, but also as more governments have made requests than ever before. And these numbers only include the requests we’re allowed to publish,” the company said in a blog post...."

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