A fact that was disclosed in court documents last week confirmed that the US Department of Justice has complied many major search engines in US to hand over the details of all queries that where made; in order to revive the anti-pornography law. Definitely search engine giants such as Google, Microsoft Yahoo, AOL have heaps of information about the user, which has to be maintained; I don’t think government should be allowed to mine these data. We all hate child porn but that doesn’t mean we compromise with our right to privacy. Do We? The fact that we don’t know what the US government will be doing with the information.
I term this as illegal because there is not any kind of agreement or disclaimer with such a clause. I was surprised to hear that most of the major companies had agreed to comply. Thanks to Google it is trying to defend its customers. The data that the US Government has asked for contains information of many people who reside outside US territory. US govt can in no way justify such an act, it has no right to gather information or in a way steel the right to privacy of people outside its boundaries. Can a society maintain its freedom when a government is permitted to conduct searches without reasonable proof of any wrong doings?
“The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing” - Edmund Burke
I don’t understand how the US govt can even imagine of such a decision, even if its applicable on its own citizens or other citizens; it is against a persons private interest. What about our democratic freedom, I mean how can we leave it to an other country's law. Any data generated will come under jurisdiction of the court of law from where the data or information is generated.
Does this mean that I should think thrice before I use a service that an US based company provides. Please post your comments or feedback on this and how you would react to this kind of actions...
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