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Larry Page denies Google is allowing ‘direct access’ to data for PRISM

Google CEO Larry Page has denied reports that the search giant is providing user data to the PRISM government surveillance programme that was revealed in Google CEO Larry Page has denied reports that the search giant is providing user data to the PRISM government surveillance programme that was revealed in newspaper reports over the past week. In a post on the official Google blog titled “What the…?”, Page said the company did provide the National Security Agency access to email and other personal information transmitted on various online services. Page says Google is not handing over data to the PRISM programme Page added that Google hasn’t joined any programme that allows access to personal data. Press reports that suggest that Google is providing open-ended access to our users’ data are false, period.” He added: “Until this week’s reports, we had never heard of the broad type of order that Verizon received—an order that appears to have required them to hand over millions of users’ call records.

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