To collect and store user data, Google is second to none. A real boon for the police, who use this information base as part of their investigations. But this service will soon have a cost: Google will now charge access to this data to the police, according to information from the New York Times relayed by the site Presse-Citron.
In the first quarter of 2019, Google received more than 75,000 requests from the police for 165,000 user accounts worldwide. However, the daily processing of these requests has a cost for the company. The latter will therefore now charge the equivalent of $ 45 to communicate "basic" information to the police.
Derogations for "minors" and "situations of extreme urgency"
Communication recordings will be "sold" more expensive, between 150 and 245 dollars. Only "investigations of minors" and "extreme emergencies" will allow the authorities to escape payment in good standing.
We do not yet know the possible impact of such a measure, especially since Google is not the only American company to hold a massive volume of personal data. Facebook, the other California data giant, has yet to respond to the announcement.
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