[IP] I don't like the logic. -- Google turning search data over to Brazil court

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

Google Inc., which refused in the past year to hand over user search  
data to U.S. authorities fighting children's access to pornography,  
said yesterday that it was complying with a Brazilian court's orders  
to turn over data that could help identify users accused of taking  
part in online communities that encourage racism, pedophilia and  
homophobia.

The difference, it says, is scale and purpose.

The Justice Department wanted Google's entire search index, billions  
of pages and two months' worth of queries, for a broad civil case.  
Brazil, by contrast, is looking for information in specific cases  
involving Google's social networking site, Orkut.

"What they're asking for is not billions of pages," said Nicole Wong,  
Google associate general counsel. "In most cases, it's relatively  
discrete -- small and narrow."



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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/01/ 
AR2006090100608.html



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