FAP Traitors Make Unreasonable Demand for User Info from Yahoo

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[h=2]Yahoo rejects S’pore Govt’s requests the most[/h]

September 9th, 2013 |

Author: Editorial

Following the publishing of Facebook’s Transparency Report (‘Facebook rejects 30% requests from S’pore Govt for its user
info‘), Yahoo also published a similar report on Fri (6 Sep).

In Yahoo’s report [Link], it revealed that
the Singapore government has made 138 requests for user data in 189 accounts in
the first half of this year. Yahoo rejected 56 or 41% of the requests from the
Singapore government:

No Data Found	Rejected	Only NCD Disclosed	Content Disclosed	Total Government Data Requests	Total Government Specified Accounts
7	56	73	2	138	189

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User data includes emails, chats sent over Yahoo messenger, photos on Flickr,
files or other data uploaded on any Yahoo products owned by the user whose
information was requested.

In its report, Yahoo’s legal team said requests for information from most
governments are generally made in connection with criminal investigations.

It rejects requests that have defects or if the agency was seeking
information beyond its jurisdiction, or data that could not be lawfully obtained
with the provided legal process. The number of rejected requests also includes
those that were withdrawn after Yahoo received them.

Yahoo said, “We carefully review Government Data Requests for legal
sufficiency and interpret them narrowly in an effort to produce the least amount
of data necessary to comply with the request.”

It added, “At Yahoo, we take user privacy seriously and appreciate our role
as a global company in promoting freedom of expression wherever we do
business.”

“Our legal department demands that government data requests be made through
lawful means and for lawful purposes. We regularly push back against improper
requests for user data, including fighting requests that are unclear, improper,
overbroad or unlawful. In addition, we mounted a two-year legal challenge to the
2008 amendments to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, and recently won a
motion requiring the U.S. Government to consider further declassifying court
documents from that case.”

Yahoo also revealed that it received a total of 29,000 government requests
from around the world, with nearly half coming from the US.

Other countries named in the report were Australia, Hong Kong, India, New
Zealand, Taiwan, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Britain, Argentina,
Brazil and Mexico — countries where Yahoo has a legal entity that could be
required to turn over data.

Interestingly, among the 17 countries listed in Yahoo’s report, Yahoo
rejected requests coming from the Singapore Govt’s the most in percentage term
(41%) for the first half of 2013:

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[TD="width: 99"]Country[/TD]

[TD="width: 99"]Govt Requests[/TD]

[TD="width: 85"]No of Acct[/TD]

[TD="width: 89"]No of Rejects[/TD]

[TD="width: 86"]% of Rejects[/TD]
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[TD]Singapore[/TD]

[TD]138[/TD]

[TD]189[/TD]

[TD]56[/TD]

[TD]41[/TD]
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[TD]Australia[/TD]

[TD]704[/TD]

[TD]799[/TD]

[TD]242[/TD]

[TD]34[/TD]
[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]India[/TD]

[TD]1,490[/TD]

[TD]2,704[/TD]

[TD]500[/TD]

[TD]34[/TD]
[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]UK[/TD]

[TD]1,709[/TD]

[TD]2,832[/TD]

[TD]456[/TD]

[TD]27[/TD]
[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Mexico[/TD]

[TD]150[/TD]

[TD]202[/TD]

[TD]38[/TD]

[TD]25[/TD]
[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Italy[/TD]

[TD]2,637[/TD]

[TD]2,937[/TD]

[TD]584[/TD]

[TD]22[/TD]
[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Argentina[/TD]

[TD]186[/TD]

[TD]210[/TD]

[TD]36[/TD]

[TD]19[/TD]
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[TR]

[TD]Germany[/TD]

[TD]4,295[/TD]

[TD]5,306[/TD]

[TD]816[/TD]

[TD]19[/TD]
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[TD]France[/TD]

[TD]1,855[/TD]

[TD]2,373[/TD]

[TD]324[/TD]

[TD]18[/TD]
[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Spain[/TD]

[TD]718[/TD]

[TD]958[/TD]

[TD]133[/TD]

[TD]18[/TD]
[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Brazil[/TD]

[TD]308[/TD]

[TD]385[/TD]

[TD]51[/TD]

[TD]17[/TD]
[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Ireland[/TD]

[TD]17[/TD]

[TD]17[/TD]

[TD]2[/TD]

[TD]12[/TD]
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[TD]NZ[/TD]

[TD]9[/TD]

[TD]9[/TD]

[TD]1[/TD]

[TD]11[/TD]
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[TD]Canada[/TD]

[TD]29[/TD]

[TD]43[/TD]

[TD]1[/TD]

[TD]3[/TD]
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[TD]Taiwan[/TD]

[TD]1,942[/TD]

[TD]2,650[/TD]

[TD]46[/TD]

[TD]2[/TD]
[/TR]

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[TD]US[/TD]

[TD]12,444[/TD]

[TD]40,322[/TD]

[TD]241[/TD]

[TD]2[/TD]
[/TR]

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[TD]HK[/TD]

[TD]839[/TD]

[TD]839[/TD]

[TD]0[/TD]

[TD]0[/TD]
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Yahoo plans to publish additional transparency reports every six months.

 

[TopSage]

What is the pap govt policy on such requests? Does it spy on its own citizens?

 

[halsey02]

From a small cuntry, we have the highest number of rejected request...the government do not trust us & they expect we to trust them??

 

[peppertail]

Not sure what the % of rejections is supposed to tell us. The total number of requests vs a countries population would be a much more interesting statistic to look at.

 

[@rmadill0]

Good to know that Yahoo! is being very responsible here.

 

[peppertail]

Good to know that Yahoo! is being very responsible here.

I am not so sure about that. Questions that come to mind are:

1. Were those requests made to Yahoo Singapore or the US? The report does not specifically mention that Yahoo has a legal entity here.
2. Why were they rejected? What are those defects??

Strangely, Facebook acceded to 70% of the requests made. Comparing the two cooporations i think it might actually be a matter of company policy when to release information.

This report is anything but transparent. It looks more like a PR stunt of Yahoo to me.

 

[Kapurikon]

Nothing is secret now, so have to be careful.

 

[bryanlim1972]

what a lame attempt to discredit a report aimed at greater transparency. the questions that come to your synaptically challenged mind bear no consequences to the veracity of the yahoo report.

I am not so sure about that. Questions that come to mind are:

1. Were those requests made to Yahoo Singapore or the US? The report does not specifically mention that Yahoo has a legal entity here.
2. Why were they rejected? What are those defects??

Strangely, Facebook acceded to 70% of the requests made. Comparing the two cooporations i think it might actually be a matter of company policy when to release information.

This report is anything but transparent. It looks more like a PR stunt of Yahoo to me.

 

[chupacabra]

Peesai got the highest percentage of rejects..most likely rejected ones are pappy haters and not child molesters..

 

[laksaboy]

LOL, they should try extracting information from my Yahoo account.

 

[peppertail]

what a lame attempt to discredit a report aimed at greater transparency. the questions that come to your synaptically challenged mind bear no consequences to the veracity of the yahoo report.

Haha, your argument adds so much credibility to this biased lame report right? Grow up kid.

 

[jw5]

LOL, they should try extracting information from my Yahoo account.

Are there a lot of bollywood movie videos there?

 

[bryanlim1972]

Haha, your argument adds so much credibility to this biased lame report right? Grow up kid.

need to edit a one line insult? bwahahahaha

 

[kopiuncle]

This is a good move. I fully support the Government's request for recalcitrant, subversive and derogatory posts and articles which are damaging to our beloved Singapore and our world class leaders.

If any writer has the guts to put in words what he felt was right ,he should also be prepared to face the music. We should not allow people who hide behind their PCs and hide inside their sarongs and inside their panties when they boldly deface Singaporeans and our first class civil governance. These culprits with big vulval mouths should be taken to task and they should be publicly exposed and disgraced...and they should be made to apologise for their misdeeds and unwholesome garbages.

I am sure there are some forummers here who behave like thugs and hooligans whose distorted and crooked minds made them the scrumbags of our society.

I have in mind some of them: The PHUAcb brigade, The ChoBohLancb gang, The Eschercb mob, the ChonWikiphileBKT triad,the LCVTK ChOwcb gangsters....and many more. These are the ones who should be castrated and their testicles hanged in public . They should all be interned in IMH for life. They are the nuisance - the destructive elements in our society. They are the bullies, the gangsters and the low down SS members here. I wish them a speedy annihilation and may the Fukushima blessings shower upon them and turn all of them into eunuchs and skeletons.

Majulah Singapura!!!