(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Bengaluru; Editing by Gerry Doyle and Stephen Coates)FILE PHOTO: Google extends work-from-home order to summer 2021The First Reinfection Case of COVID-19 Was Reported in Hong Kong - Here's What We KnowAttention gap-year students: A slew of ex-Google employees are giving free classes on 'how to land your dream job'Researchers just confirmed the first case of coronavirus reinfection in Hong Kong — but it's no cause for panicMichigan funeral home discovers woman declared dead is actually aliveIowa boy creates baseball bat from a storm-damaged tree branchCOVID-19 Impacts: Wind Turbine Bearing Market Will Accelerate at a CAGR of Almost 11% Through 2020-2024 | Rising Investments In Clean Sources of Energy to Boost Growth |TechnavioOfficial says Falwell leaving Liberty; Falwell says he's notRevved by Sturgis Rally, COVID-19 infections move fast, farNew York attorney general unveils investigation into Trump company's financesPortland cops teargas protesters that attacked police stationFlorida won’t say how much Deloitte bid on disputed $135 million contractMelania Trump reportedly taped making 'disparaging' remarks about president and his children'I'm tellin' y'all, it's sabotage': Beastie Boys recall their two most controversial VMAs momentsTrump says Democrats trying to 'steal' election in RNC acceptance speechDemocrats accuse Trump appointee of destroying Postal ServiceWHO is cautious on plasma treatment as U.S. issues emergency authorization (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google said on Friday it would no longer provide data in response to requests from Hong Kong authorities following the enactment of a new national security law imposed by China.The U.S. tech giant had not produced any data since the sweeping new law took force in June and would not directly respond to such requests henceforth, it added. If a request asks for too much information, we try to narrow it, and in some cases we object to producing any information at all. © Thomson Reuters 2020
Requests for information made to Google LLC Requests from US government agencies in civil, administrative, and criminal cases The Fourth Amendment to the US Constitution and the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) restrict the government’s ability … The Washington Post newspaper reported earlier on Friday that Google would stop responding directly to data requests from Hong Kong authorities, implying the company would now treat Hong Kong effectively the same as mainland China in such dealings. The U.S. tech giant had not produced any data since the sweeping new law took force in June and would not directly respond to such requests henceforth, it added.

Google reviewed all requests for user data and pushed back on "overly broad ones" to protect the privacy of users, it added. Both types of requests are counted in this report. To find which is your service provider, review Google’s When we receive a request from a government agency, we send an email to the user account before disclosing information. Google reviewed all requests for user data and pushed back on “overly broad ones” to protect the privacy of users, it added. (Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Bengaluru; Editing by Gerry Doyle and Stephen Coates)FILE PHOTO: Google extends work-from-home order to summer 2021The First Reinfection Case of COVID-19 Was Reported in Hong Kong - Here's What We KnowAttention gap-year students: A slew of ex-Google employees are giving free classes on 'how to land your dream job'Researchers just confirmed the first case of coronavirus reinfection in Hong Kong — but it's no cause for panicMichigan funeral home discovers woman declared dead is actually aliveCOVID-19 Impacts: Wind Turbine Bearing Market Will Accelerate at a CAGR of Almost 11% Through 2020-2024 | Rising Investments In Clean Sources of Energy to Boost Growth |TechnavioOfficial says Falwell leaving Liberty; Falwell says he's notRevved by Sturgis Rally, COVID-19 infections move fast, farIowa boy creates baseball bat from a storm-damaged tree branchLoud At Night? google: Google stops responding directly to data requests from Hong Kong government – Latest News. US authorities must at least do the following:In investigations related to national security, the US government may use a National Security Letter (NSL) or one of the authorities granted under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to compel Google to provide user information.Google LLC sometimes receives data disclosure requests from government authorities outside of the US. Google, Facebook and Twitter each announced in July that they were pausing the review of the Hong Kong government requests for user data to study the new law, with Google … Tech companies have long operated freely in Hong Kong, a financial hub where internet access has been unaffected by the firewall imposed in mainland China, which blocks Google, Twitter and Facebook. If the account is managed by an organization, we’ll give notice to the account administrator.We won’t give notice when legally prohibited under the terms of the request.

We still consider these requests in light of applicable laws and our policies.Requests for information made to Google Ireland Limited (applies if your Google service provider is Google Ireland Limited)How Google handles government requests for user information We carefully review each request to make sure it satisfies applicable laws. The national security law has drawn criticism from the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump and further raised U.S.-China tensions after Washington’s decision to end the former British colony’s special status under U.S. law. Google has many special features to help you find exactly what you're looking for. Google stops responding directly to data requests from Hong Kong government. Search the world's information, including webpages, images, videos and more. Government agencies from around the world ask Google to disclose user information. Kanishka Singh .

And we might not give notice in the case of emergencies, such as threats to a child’s safety or threats to someone’s life, in which case we’ll provide notice if we learn that the emergency has passed.The Fourth Amendment to the US Constitution and the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) restrict the government’s ability to force a provider to disclose user information.