Country | Number of Requests | Percentage of requests where some or all information was produced | Number of accounts specified | |
Argentina | 3 | 0% | 5 | |
Austria | 2 | 0% | 2 | |
Bangladesh | 1 | 0% | 1 | |
Belgium | 1 | 0% | 1 | |
Brazil | 2 | 0% | 2 | |
China | 1 | 0% | 1 | |
France | 2 | 0% | 22 | |
Germany | 3 | 0% | 3 | |
India | 12 | 0% | 14 | |
Italy | 1 | 0% | 1 | |
Japan | 1 | 0% | 1 | |
Macedonia | 1 | 0% | 1 | |
Spain | 1 | 0% | 1 | |
Sri Lanka | 1 | 0% | 1 | |
United States | 45 | 87% | 70 | |
TOTAL | 77 | 51% | 126 |
*Includes information provided when a valid MLAT request has been made.
Subpoenas | Court Orders | Search Warrants | Wiretap Orders | Pen Register Orders | Emergency Requests | |
71% | 18% | 9% | 0% | 0% | 2% |
Recent Examples
Here are a few recent examples of requests for user information that we received from government sources. We did not provide information in response to any of these requests.
Spain
- A police department in Spain provided a court order requesting detailed information for a site due to the “disclosure of information about public officials and insults”. No valid legal process was provided.
Italy
- A police department in Italy requested detailed information for a site in order to identify the “site administrator’s connections”. They provided no additional explanation and no valid legal process.
China
- A police department in China requested detailed information for a site they believed to be the original source of content that was subsequently disseminated elsewhere online. The reason for their request was “for the purpose of prevention & detection of crime”. No valid legal process was provided.