Google explains how it handles police requests for users’ data

Christopher Hoofnagle interviewed by National Public Radio, Morning Edition, January 28, 2013

“Most companies are very secretive about civil and law enforcement requests for user data,” says Chris Hoofnagle, who specializes in privacy issues at Berkeley Law…. “Google is going out on a limb here because, by making these statements, they might be creating customer expectations that certain process will be followed when their data is revealed to law enforcement.”