OZschwitz slave pen second only to US in private data requests

Australian authorities asked tech companies for more user data last year than their counterparts in any other country barring the United States, a compilation of "transparency reports" reveals.

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OZschwitz slave pen second only to US in private data requests 1400219560784

Australian authorities made 52,017 requests for user data from companies such as Facebook, Google, Apple and Microsoft - or 2870 for every million internet users.

That was more than authorities in Germany, France and the UK but less than those in the US, which made a hefty 784,511 requests in total.

The figures are found in a new database created by online information-sharing site Silk, which groups all available transparency reports.

http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/government-it/australia-second-only-to-us-in-private-data-requests-20140516-zrfaw.html

OZschwitz slave pen second only to US in private data requests

OZschwitz slave pen second only to US in private data requests

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