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 has followed up last week's transparencyreport 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...
Google found that their videos did violate YouTube’s Community Guidelines and as a result, complied with the association’s request.some content removals are requested due to allegations of defamation, while others are due to allegations that the...
First, Google is inviting other companies to join the Opennet Transparency Project, which creates a standardized format for similar government request data. The Google TransparencyReport has been updated to include data on Government requests for...
Facebook lists their primary objective as transparency, saying, “It is almost impossible for the user to really know what happens to his or her personal data when using facebook. Facebook recently got their hands on their complete Facebook user...
More Transparency Needed On How AdWords Are Ranked? Increase Your Link Request Conversion - Don't Do This! You can also see my Thanks For Your Horrible Link Request post from last year. Google stopped talking with the news organization in a dispute...