Government requests for Canadians’ Google data have jumped ten-fold in past five years
Government requests for Canadians’ Google data have jumped ten-fold in past five years
theijf.org Government requests for Canadians’ Google data have jumped ten-fold in past five years
Government submitted 2,327 requests for user data in 2021, up from 249 in 2016
Time to jump ship from Google products?
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I hate them, but what's the point in stopping using them for this reason? Govts will ask whatever provider for data they want...
5 1 ReplyNeed an account to read the full article. Anyone have access? I was wondering if this is a privacy concern or if they mean general data? And why the government would need it?
4 1 ReplyDo you have a better source?
2 0 ReplyThey did the original reporting AFAICT, I seem to recall the whole article being free, but I understand they’re now paywalling :-(
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