Yahoo had 18,594 government requests for data affecting 30,551 accounts in the first half of 2014
Yahoo published its third global transparency report today, shedding light on the number of government requests it received for users’ data in the first half of 2014. The total number of requests dropped to 18,594, down from 21,425 in the previous six-month period and 29,470 for the same half last year. Of these, 4,727 were either rejected or later withdrawn by the government in question. In 1,853 cases, Yahoo didn’t hand anything over because the specified account didn’t exist or there was no data for the requested timeframe. The number of user accounts affected by these requests declined to 30,551, a small decrease…
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