Source: Slate "Every six months Google publishes transparency reports to disclose how many
requests it has received from government agencies to hand over user data or take down content. Today’s figures reveal Google received 20,938 inquiries from government entities around the world for user data in the first half of this year -- a 55 percent increase in requests received during the same period in 2010. The United States by far made the most requests for user data, submitting more than one-third of the 20,938 received." (11/14/12)
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