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Google tells US Gov to shut it.
Taken from BBC News.
Google defies US over search data
Google has been resisting the government request since August
The internet search engine Google is resisting efforts by the US Department of Justice to force it to hand over data about what people are looking for.
Google was asked for information on the types of query submitted over a week, and the websites included in its index.
The department wants the data to try to show in court it has the right approach in enforcing an online pornography law.
It says the order will not violate personal privacy, but Google says it is too broad and threatens trade secrets.
Privacy groups say any sample could reveal the identities of Google users indirectly. And they say the demand is a worrying precedent, because the government also wants to make more use of internet data for fighting crime and terrorism.
However, the Department of Justice has said that several of Google's main competitors have already complied.
Act blocked
The department first issued a request for the data last August.
It wants:
A list of terms entered into the search engine during an unspecified single week, potentially tens of millions of queries
A million randomly selected web addresses from various Google databases.
The US government is seeking to defend the 1998 Child Online Protection Act, which has been blocked by the Supreme Court because of legal challenges over how it is enforced.
Google's refusal to comply prompted US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to ask a federal judge in the state of California on Wednesday for an order to hand over the records.
But Google's lawyers said it would fight the order.
"Google is not a party to this lawsuit and their demand for information overreaches," associate general counsel Nicole Wong said in a written statement.
"We had lengthy discussions with them to try to resolve this, but were not able to, and we intend to resist their motion vigorously."
Search decisions
Google has also said that providing the data would make its users think it was willing to reveal personal information about them, as well as giving competitors access to trade secrets.
One of its search rivals, Yahoo, said it had already complied with a similar government subpoena "on a limited basis and did not provide any personally identifiable information".
And Microsoft said in a statement that it "works closely with law enforcement officials worldwide to assist them when requested".
"It is our policy to respond to legal requests in a very responsive and timely manner in full compliance with applicable law," it said.
hehe.
google ftw.
google ftw.
google ftl major treason about to happen.
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got a link to the actual article still? i'd love to see this.
DR
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| Originally posted by Lepanto google ftl major treason about to happen. |
google > chuck norris
google > bob vila
Google for president 2012
Christopher Walken for president 2008 > http://walken2008.com/
palmer for presdient 4ever
google stock FTL
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| Originally posted by Ripped Bag Failing to disclose information that would violate peoples right to privacy and would expose trade secrets is not a violation on par with treason. Its called sticking up for its own companies, and its customers rights and its probably the most awesome display of doing so recently. |
this is another reason why google in my favourite search engine!
F T W
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| Originally posted by DickRenegade got a link to the actual article still? i'd love to see this. DR |
yea its all over the us tv news today.
i see both sides of the story, and I kinda have to side with google, they should not be forced to share their data. The way I see it the gov should ask first, and then compromise.
go google.
Google for the MAJOR WIN!!!!
It is another case of the government over stepping its boundries... Sure they are going to tell the public, "It is to catch child molesters.... Aren't ya'll for that?!?" I am but not in the way that the government wants to do it. If the government wanted to search your house right now (and any time they wanted in the future) to make sure you did not have any girl scouts locked up in your bedroom, is that ok?!? It is to protect the girl scouts how can you not support it?!? This is just another example of the government using its power to do what they want to in the name of being for the "public good". Just like the war in Iraq is for the good of the people.... My left nut!!!!
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