Twitter has defended in court the details of your user

Twitter microblogging network will challenge a court order requiring the transfer of personal data, is accused of street riots last year in New York in the framework of the campaign "Borrow Wall Street." According to available information, it is the user known as Malcolm Harris, who, along with several hundred other people accused of organizing illegal action on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York on October 1, 2011.

The prosecutor's office in New York wants to get from the private archive of Twitter messages from September 15 to December 31, 2011, as well as personal information of the blog owner. Twitter has been involved in this process from 26 January this year. Prosecutors demand from the network delivery of data, in accordance with section 2703 telecommunications law Stored Communications Act, which regulated aspects related to data storage. The law requires the service provider's disclosure of certain types of electronic communications without a court warrant.

In Twitter speak, that on January 30 by Malcolm Harris informed that his data requested by U.S. courts, while also filing a motion to set aside requirement. The judge dismissed the petition on April 20, ruling that blog posts are not subject to the information that is subject to the law.

The memo, released Tuesday, Twitter said that the law Stored Communications Act in the form in which it treats the prosecution, impose "undue burden" on the service provider. In addition, a network of microblogging stated that if the user's personal data can be somehow tied to the law, the posts in the blog are his property and the company can not and should not be their issue.

Also on Twitter saying that before the law, the rule applied only to banks, on financial transactions, but to apply it to social networks would be wrong. Moreover, the famous American First Amendment to the Constitution guarantees the user the right to possess their property, including the content.

The American Civil Liberties Union welcomed the victory of Twitter in court, claiming that the decision of the court - this is a positive signal for all of Western Internet companies.

Google pays $ 25 for information about each user

Internet giant Google to offer its users money in exchange for full information about the sites they visit. In particular, the company introduced its program Screenwise, which allows you to track all user actions, in exchange for a fee of $ 25, according to nadezdaperemen.

"All American users browser Chrome, over 13 years, with an existing account at Google, can register in this program - the company said. - This will help us to improve our products and services and create better conditions for all. "


In particular, after registration, the user must install a plugin in your browser. Each will receive a gift card for Amazon, worth $ 5 at the time of registration, and an additional $ 5 thereafter. In exchange for this, Google gets access to your anonymous information and tracks all of the sites you have visited.


Simultaneously with this expansion, spyware, Google provides its users, in partnership with the Institute of Information Networks, install at home a Cisco router for the analysis of Web data. Except for the secure pages «HTTPS» or "private" pages. Installation of this package, which includes all appliances connected to the Internet, will bring $ 100 to the user during registration, and $ 20 each month.


Google said: "Of course, this is not mandatory. People can choose if they want or they need presents ... The participants will be able to remain in the program as long as they want, or leave at any time. "


In recent weeks, the actions of Google's privacy, roiled the Internet community. In announcing the changes to the privacy settings, scheduled for 1 March, the company's actions have caused concern about a number of associations for the protection of the rights to privacy.