Government requests for Canadians’ Google data have jumped ten-fold in past five years

Government submitted 2,327 requests for user data in 2021, up from 249 in 2016

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Xavier Richer Vis

2 February, 2023 • 6 min read

Government requests for Canadians’ Google data have jumped ten-fold in past five years

A woman walks past the logo for Google at the China International Import Expo in Shanghai (The Associated Press/Ng Han Guan)