Facebook says OZschwitz government sought user data

Facebook received 546 requests for information from Australian government agencies in the first half of this year, and provided information about account holders for 64 per cent of these requests.

According to statistics released by the social network for the first time, government agencies, including law enforcement, requested information on 601 accounts.

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''Governments make requests to Facebook and many other companies seeking account information in official investigations. The vast majority of these requests relate to criminal cases, such as robberies or kidnappings. In many of these cases, these government requests seek basic subscriber information, such as name and length of service. Other requests may also seek IP address logs or actual account content,'' Facebook's website states.

The number of requests made by Australian agencies during the period was far smaller than the 12,000 requests made by the US government about 21,000 accounts, or the 3245 requests made by India's government about 2306 accounts. The German, UK, French, Italian and Brazilian governments also made substantial numbers of requests.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/consumer-security/facebook-says-australian-government-sought-user-data-20130828-2spk7.html#ixzz2dLn2ZJY3

Facebook says OZschwitz government sought user data

Facebook says OZschwitz government sought user data

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