The number of applications received Facebook από τις Αρχές για να παραδώσει δεδομένα χρηστών φαίνεται να έχει αυξηθεί κατά το πρώτο εξάμηνο του 2016, σύμφωνα με τα στοιχεία που παρουσίασε η company. Below are the privacy requests Facebook received in 2016 from governments, according to the report transparency that you can see complete from the link at the end of the publication.
Facebook has unveiled all National Security Letters (NSLs) received in the first half of 2016 to deliver user-specific personal information to governments and various law enforcement agencies.
The information requested in the NSL includes name, address and archives of electronic communications and transactions related to that individual. However, Facebook was under no obligation to provide the content of the individual's communications.
All government requests for account data for the largest social network increased by 27% worldwide compared to the second half of 2015. From 46.710 applications, the number has risen to 59.229 requests.
The majority of applications (more than 40 per cent) came from US law enforcement authorities. India followed by 10,8 percent, and the United Kingdom came third with 9,2%.
The governments of France and Germany are also ranked very high since their percentage represents 6,4 percent and 6,2 percent of the total, respectively.
Countries like China and Russia were absent from the list as Facebook was banned.
Greece now according to the transparency report, requested data for 398 users of Facebook and 84 of these requests were classified as urgent. Of the 398 requests Facebook received, it served 326.
