The Indian government ranked second in demanding Web user information — next only to the U.S. government — from Google in the six-month period from January to June this year, according to the ‘Transparency Report’ published by the Web services major on Tuesday.
During the six-month period, the Indian government — both by way of court orders and by way of requests from police/executives — requested Google to disclose user information 2,319 times over 3,467 users/accounts. Google fully or partially complied with the request to the tune of 64 per cent. Only the U.S. government requested more data during the period — 7,969 requests over 16,281 accounts; compliance rate: 90 per cent.
It is the sixth time Google has brought out the bi-annual report detailing its interactions with the world government agencies. It details two categories of interactions : requests to divulge user data and requests to pull down content. India ranked seventh in the list of requests to pull down data; experts say the possible reason could be the government not having such powers under the Constitution.
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