The report judged firms based on a number of practices, including publishing regular transparency reports, notifying users of government data requests and lobbying lawmakers for improved user privacy protections.
Google reported in its bi-annual transparency report that government requested takedowns are up from the first half of last year. More than 30 percent of requests come from members of government hoping to remove defamatory content, according to...
Google has followed up last week's transparency report update – which revealed that government requests have risen by 70 percent over the last two years – with a little more information on how it deals with and why it responds to government data...
Twitter's transparency report shows that governmental requests for data have grown over the course of 2012. Twitter's statistics come from its updated transparency report, which covers the requests for user data the company received from July to...
Google first announced their Transparency Report back in Fall 2010 as part of their government requests tool aimed at giving people information about the requests for user data and content removal they receive from the government.
Google's transparency report shows they know clearly which are most infringing domains. However, Google has been accused of being too slow about it, and now faces the prospect of a review by government mandarins at the Department of Culture, Media...
Every six months, Google releases information about government requests to remove content or access private user data as part of their Transparency Report. Google found that their videos did violate YouTube’s Community Guidelines and as a result...
Google's Transparency Report has been around since 2010. When something gets in the way of the free flow of information, we believe there should be transparency around what that block might be," said Google Senior Copyright Counsel Fred von Lohmann...
They complied with 94%, according to their Transparency Report website. While this sounds like a wonderful feature for users, it could also mean that secure personalized search results and history are subject to the same draconian search and...
The Google Transparency Report has been updated to include data on Government requests for user information. First, Google is inviting other companies to join the Opennet Transparency Project, which creates a standardized format for similar...
In the final six months of 2010, Google received 4,601 requests for data as a result of search warrants, subpoenas, and searches justified by the ECPA; they complied with 94 percent of the requests, according to the Google Transparency Report...
FTC antitrust investigation, Google released a new version of their transparency report. Google released its first transparency report in September 2010 and since that time have implemented several new features, including real-time reporting and a...
Franken pushes Apple, Google toward privacy policies for apps - CNET NewsIn letters, the Minnesota senator tells CEOs Steve Jobs and Larry Page that more transparency and control is required. Google Street View in India Faces Challenges...
Transparency is Needed The battle is an extension of behavioral targeting and one that could have the government investigating AdWords soon. But if you do a Search Query Performance Report you can get the actual terms that were used to generate...
Aside from the full access and transparency issues that require be addressed to the effect that users have full information on their service providers as well as the choice of the devices they use to access the Internet, the point that looks the...
The Transparency Principle calls for clearer and easily accessible disclosures about data collection and use practices. The Accountability Principle calls for the development of programs to monitor and report uncorrected non-compliance to...
More Transparency Needed On How AdWords Are Ranked? Government's FirstGov.gov portal, with MSN Search playing a key role in the new service. Vivisimo and MSN to Power FirstGov - Vivisimo has been awarded a federal government contract to provide...
