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Google cuts part of team that vets police requests for user data

Posted on June 11, 2024 by Dissent

Gerrit De Vynck reports:

Google cut a group of workers from the team responsible for making sure government requests for its users’ private information are legitimate and legal, raising concerns among workers and privacy experts that the company is weakening its ability to protect customer data.

Google laid off about 10 members of its Legal Investigations Support team late last month and told another group of about 10 that they would have to move cities or leave the company, effectively leading them to resign, according to a person familiar with the team’s operations and the firings. A Google spokesperson said that the team has close to 150 people and that those who resign over the required relocation will be replaced.

Read more at The Washington Post.

h/t, Joe Cadillic

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