India continues to make second most user data requests from Facebook

BENGALURU: India made the second-highest variety of requests after the United States for person knowledge from Facebook between July and December final yr, the social media agency’s transparency report confirmed.

India made 26,698 requests for knowledge of 39,664 customers and accounts. Facebook mentioned it complied with 57% of those requests. The authorities’s requests touched an all-time excessive from a mere 3,245 requests in the course of the first six months of 2013.

Facebook mentioned it responds to authorities requests for knowledge in accordance with relevant legislation and our phrases of service. Each and each request we obtain is rigorously reviewed for authorized sufficiency and it could reject or require higher specificity on requests that seem overly broad or obscure, the corporate added.

Out of the 26,698 requests, about 7% have been emergency-related, the place legislation enforcement might submit requests with out authorized course of.