Friday, 24 March, 2023

Report claims Google handed over user data to Hong Kong authorities in 2020

<p>Media reports have claimed that Google handed over some user data to the Hong Kong govt, despite saying that it would never process such requests. The tech giant had announced last year that it will not process any requests for user data unless they came from the US Department of Justice. Google said the requests were signed by a local magistrate, and hence were processed according to company policy, with none containing any user content data.</p>