Google says FBI spies on its clients
Google Inc. has revealed that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) spies on and monitors the private information of its clients. - The Internet giant released a report on Tuesday, highlighting the number of times since 2009 the FBI has used National Security Letters (NSL) to spy on and gather information on Google’s clients. During the second half of 2012, the FBI requested data from over 14,790 accounts, with more than 10,000 of those users targeted with subpoenas, and 3,000 accounts requested with a search warrant. Nearly 1,250 users had their information inundated by court orders issued under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. The FBI requested the “name, address, length of service, and local and long distance toll billing records” of Google users, the company revealed. The FBI is not permitted to obtain user email content, search queries, YouTube videos or IP addresses.