The total number of users about whom government agencies wanted information also set a record at 31,072, up from 23,300 in 2011, the first year Google began reporting the data. The discrepancy comes because government agencies request information on multiple users or accounts at the same time.
Most of these 13,753 requests, 6,542 of 8,438 in the latter half of 2012 alone, were done without a search warrant, Google data show. Google did not make available any detailed data prior to June 2012, nor did it make available which requests came from the federal government and which came from state or local law enforcement agencies, when asked by CNSNews.com.
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Maryland has made it even easier, many departments have entered a working relationship with Google and the "cloud". Those maryland.gov addresses are gmail. Also, all you people with Verizon Wireless had to attach a gmail address to your smartphone!!!
Bottom line, Google is not interested in protecting individual privacy and WILL cooperate with authorities. There's a price for the convenience of web. Assume nothing is private.
The "cloud" sucks. There are no enforced privacy laws in the US. I don't trust cloud vendors with my data. I don't want limited access or charges per megabit. Most cloud vendors are funded by advertising dollars so they are paid to harvest and track my data. They can share with whoever they want. Once I give my data over to them I lose control and ownership. I will not sell my soul for the convenience of accessing my data from anywhere.
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