By John Glenday

Google is responding to a lower share of government data requests than ever before despite continued growth in data requests, which hit a new record in 2016.

In its latest transparency report Google divulged that it had received more government requests for user data in the second half of 2016 than in any other six-month period since it first began to register such requests in 2010.

Over that period requests have jumped from around 15,000 per year to just over 45,000 this year but in that time the share of requests for which Google provided data has actually Read full story ›

Source: The Drum