Bush Administration Demands Search Data; Google Says No

**John Scott** · 01-19-2006, 10:02 AM

Bush Administration Demands Search Data; Google Says No, Others Comply

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Originally Posted by Danny Sullivan

In particular, the Bush administration wanted one million random web addresses and records of all Google searches for a one week period. The government apparently wants to find out how much pornography shows up in online searches and how often people may seek it.

Here's a thought. If you want to measure how much porn is showing up in searches, try searching for it yourself rather than issuing privacy alarm sounding subpoenas. It would certainly be more accurate.

**John Scott** · 01-19-2006, 10:06 AM

Source:

http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/sil...y/13657386.htm

Google isn't really good at complying with court orders, either.

Ferre · 01-19-2006, 10:11 AM

The Bush administration are a bunch of wannabee fascists who should be locked up somewhere instead of ruling a country. This is just another one of their projects to demolish true freedom.

Klaas Koopman · 01-19-2006, 11:06 AM

yeah I heard this on the radio today, when driving the car!!! almost made me hit a tree which looked like (a) bush!

**John Scott** · 01-19-2006, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Klaas Koopman

yeah I heard this on the radio today, when driving the car!!! almost made me hit a tree which looked like (a) bush!

LOL!

I think Bush is a bit out there at the moment. He needs to take a chill pill. Presidents, and anybody in authority, should weild their authority as little as possible. He's doing the opposite.

Klaas Koopman · 01-19-2006, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by JohnScott

LOL!

I think Bush is a bit out there at the moment. He needs to take a chill pill. Presidents, and anybody in authority, should weild their authority as little as possible. He's doing the opposite.

totally true, but perhaps that's what some us people want to see, a president who actually does something! But they prob don't want bush to see how much porn they are looking for on google!!

Julie · 01-19-2006, 11:44 AM

He's on a moral/religious crusade............... will this crap ever end?

Klaas Koopman · 01-19-2006, 12:20 PM

well I asked him, ( just had a phone call with the guy, we wants to play some pool later on )

And he told me:

dear us citizens ( he didn't write it, so can be that there are some mistakes in writing )

I am not on a moral crusade, I am just doing my part as a president. Which is getting in the news a lot so people don't forget me, and therefor reselect me for president! There is no bad publicity, there is just publicity! Therefor if you want to paint me off here, please do so, but don't forget to tell everyone my name!

God bless you all, And thank you for listening to my crap!

( pretty decent guy hea? )

**John Scott** · 01-19-2006, 02:00 PM

Yup. He's got my vote.

Ferre · 01-19-2006, 02:12 PM

The main reason why I do not travel (and spend my money) to the USA anymore is because mr. George (weasel) Bush demands my fingerprints if I want to enter the US.

People don't realize how far this allready has taken. The land of the Free has become one giant prison.

Michael Allison · 01-19-2006, 03:17 PM

Sadly, some of us are all too aware of what's happening. I wish I wasn't, sometimes.

Is ignorance really bliss? I'd like to know, I think.

Atom · 01-19-2006, 03:25 PM

I admire Google for fighting.

I fear a time when Goog and Gov will merge and become one.

Ferre · 01-19-2006, 04:51 PM

Klaas Koopman · 01-20-2006, 06:12 AM

seriously? Do you need to show fingerprints before entering the usa? why's that !! :O

Ferre · 01-20-2006, 07:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Klaas Koopman

seriously? Do you need to show fingerprints before entering the usa? why's that !! :O

It's because the regime in the USSA has become paranoia and believes that every tourist is a potential terrorist. Since the 'Patriot' (I wonder what is patriotic on loosing all your rights) act the USSA demand the fingerprints taken from every single european who enters the borders.

It's how they thank their allies for helping them to invade oil rich countries.

indicaspice · 01-20-2006, 06:06 PM

Hope google doesn't cave.

**John Scott** · 01-21-2006, 01:39 PM

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There’s been quite a frenzy of speculation over the past 24 hours regarding the request by the government for some data in relation to a child online protection lawsuit. Obviously both privacy and child protection are both super important topics – so I’m glad this discussion is happening.

Some facts have been reported, but mostly I’ve seen a ton of speculation reported as facts. I wanted to use this blog post to clarify some facts and to share with you what we are thinking here at MSN Search.

Let me start with this core principle statement: privacy of our customers is non-negotiable and something worth fighting to protect.

Now, on to the specifics.

Over the summer we were subpoenaed by the DOJ regarding a lawsuit. The subpoena requested that we produce data from our search service. We worked hard to scope the request to something that would be consistent with this principle. The applicable parties to the case received this data, and the parties agreed that the information specific to this case would remain confidential. Specifically, we produced a random sample of pages from our index and some aggregated query logs that listed queries and how often they occurred. Absolutely no personal data was involved.

With this data you:

CAN see how frequently some query terms occurred.
CANNOT look up an IP and see what they queried
CANNOT look for users who queried for both “TERM A” and “TERM B”.

At MSN Search, we have strict guidelines in place to protect the privacy of our customers data, and I think you’ll agree that privacy was fully protected. We tried to strike the right balance in a very sensitive matter.

Now that you have more information, you can be the judge.

Ken Moss
General Manager – MSN Web Search

http://blogs.msdn.com/msnsearch/arch...20/515606.aspx