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Google called Tuesday for the US authorities to allow it to fully disclose the number of secret requests it receives to hand over users' data. Google has called for the US authorities to allow it to fully disclose the number of secret requests it receives to hand over users' data.
The search giant and rivals including Apple and Facebook have been left reeling after the disclosure, by the Guardian and Washington Post, of the undercover National Security Agency (NSA) operation Prism that claimed "direct" access to the tech giants' servers. The search giant, together with rivals including Apple and Facebook, have been left reeling after the disclosure by the Guardian and Washington Post of the undercover National Security Agency (NSA) operation Prism, which claimed "direct" access to the tech giants' servers.
In a letter to the US attorney general, Eric Holder, also published on Google's blog, the company once again said allegations that the US government has "unfettered access to our users' data are simply untrue" but the fact that it was not allowed to disclose requests made for information under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (Fisa) "fuel that speculation." In a letter to the US attorney general, Eric Holder, also published on Google's blog, the company once again said allegations that the US government had "unfettered access to our users' data are simply untrue" but the fact that it was not allowed to disclose requests made for information under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (Fisa) "fuel that speculation".
Fisa requests come with gag orders meaning Google and other tech companies cannot even say whether they have received them. Fisa requests come with gag orders, meaning Google and other tech companies cannot even say whether they have received them.
David Drummond, Google's chief legal officer, wrote in the letter: "We therefore ask you to help make it possible for Google to publish in our transparency report aggregate numbers of national security requests, including Fisa disclosures – in terms of both the number we receive and their scope.David Drummond, Google's chief legal officer, wrote in the letter: "We therefore ask you to help make it possible for Google to publish in our transparency report aggregate numbers of national security requests, including Fisa disclosures – in terms of both the number we receive and their scope.
"Google's numbers would clearly show that our compliance with these requests falls far short of the claims being made. Google has nothing to hide.""Google's numbers would clearly show that our compliance with these requests falls far short of the claims being made. Google has nothing to hide."
Drummond's comments come days after he and Google co-founder Larry Page categorically denied knowingly participating in Prism. Internal NSA documents state that Prism involves: "Collection directly from the servers of these US service providers: Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Facebook, PalTalk, AOL, Skype, YouTube, Apple." Drummond's comments came days after he and Google co-founder Larry Page categorically denied knowingly participating in Prism. Internal NSA documents state that Prism involves "collection directly from the servers of these US service providers: Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Facebook, PalTalk, AOL, Skype, YouTube, Apple".
The Google executives said they provided data to the government "only in accordance with the law", no "back door" to Google's information had been set up and that they had never heard of Prism until approached by the Guardian last week.The Google executives said they provided data to the government "only in accordance with the law", no "back door" to Google's information had been set up and that they had never heard of Prism until approached by the Guardian last week.
Page called for a more "transparent approach" and warned "the level of secrecy around the current legal procedures undermines the freedoms we all cherish." Page called for a more "transparent approach" and warned "the level of secrecy around the current legal procedures undermines the freedoms we all cherish".