Requests for user information visible changes

June 2023. For our report about US national security requests, we corrected the number of accounts impacted by FISA requests that we received in the July–December 2020 to July–December 2021 reporting periods.

Reporting period Non-Content Number of Accounts (ORIGINAL) Non-Content Number of Accounts (REVISED)
July 2021 – Dec 2021 28000–28499 28500–28999
Jan 2021 – Jun 2021 27000–27499 27500–27999
Jul 2020 – Dec 2020 21500–21999 22500–22999

 

Separately, for our report about global requests, we corrected the number of wiretap requests that we received in the 2017 to 2021 reporting periods.

April 2022.  For our report about Enterprise requests, we updated ‘How Google defines an Enterprise Cloud customer’ for Workspace customers starting in the January – June 2021 reporting period, reflecting the Workspace brand identity announced before that reporting period.

January 2021.  For our report about global requests, we updated the number of requests for user information that we received in the January – June 2019 and the July – December 2019 reporting periods, as well as the percentage of requests that result in the disclosure of some information.  We also updated the number of requests for user information that we can identify as having been issued through diplomatic procedures.

Separately, for our report about US national security requests, we also corrected the number of accounts implicated by non-content and content requests under FISA that we received in the July – December 2015 to January – June 2019 reporting periods.

May 2020. We added to our semi-annual transparency report the number of government requests that we received for Google Cloud Platform and G Suite Enterprise customer data.


We also updated the information presented for the January – June 2019 reporting period to include government requests for user information related to Nest.  Prior to this change and prior to Nest joining Google Home, the Nest Transparency Report reported this information separately from Google’s Transparency Report on requests for user information.

 

September 2017.  We corrected the number of users/accounts impacted by FISA requests indicated below in red.

Reporting period Number of requests Users/Accounts (ORIGINAL) Users/Accounts (REVISED)
Jan 2017 – Jun 2017 Data subject to six-month reporting delay Data subject to six-month reporting delay  Data subject to six-month reporting delay
Jul 2016 – Dec 2016 500–999 35000–35499 35000–35499
Jan 2016 – Jun 2016 500–999 18500–18999 25000–25499
Jul 2015 – Dec 2015 500–999 21000–21499 22500–22999
Jan 2015 – Jun 2015 500–999 16000–16499 19000–19499
Jul 2014 – Dec 2014 500–999 17500–17999 18500–18999
Jan 2014 – Jun 2014 500–999 15000–15499 17000–17499
Jul 2013 – Dec 2013 500–999 15500–15999 15500–15999
Jan 2013 – Jun 2013 500–999 9500–9999 14000–14499
Jul 2012 – Dec 2012 500–999 12500–12999 12500–12999
Jan 2012 – Jun 2012 500–999 8000–8499 10500–10999
Jul 2011 – Dec 2011 500–999 9500–9999 10000–10499
Jan 2011 – Jun 2011 500–999 7000–7499 7000–7499
Jul 2010 – Dec 2010 0–499 5000–5499 4000–4499
Jan 2010 – Jun 2010 0–499 3500–3999 3500–3999
Jul 2009 – Dec 2009 0–499 3500–3999 3500–3999
Jan 2009 – Jun 2009 0–499 2000–2499 2000–2499

 

October 2016. Pursuant to the USA Freedom Act, the FBI lifted a gag restriction on an NSL issued in the second half of 2015. To reflect this, we updated the range of NSLs received in that period – July to December 2015 – from 0–499 to 1–499.

December 2015. The passage of the USA Freedom Act enabled us to report Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) requests and National Security Letters (NSLs) in narrower ranges. We updated all historical data for previous reporting periods to reflect these new ranges.

August 2015. We corrected the number of user data requests that we received from Austria, Switzerland and Germany in the July–December 2014 reporting period.

December 2013. The information presented for the July–December 2013 reporting period specifies the precise numbers of requests that were made. Prior to this change, we excluded data about countries that made fewer than 30 requests in a reporting period.

June 2012. We corrected the compliance percentage for user data requests that we received from Hungary in the January – June 2011 reporting period.

December 2011. We corrected the number of user data requests that we received from France, Germany, Hungary, Singapore, Spain and the UK in the January–June 2011 reporting period.

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