Cloud Computing: Amazon doesn’t want you to know how many data demands it gets

Grazed from ZDNet. Author: Zack Whittaker.

Amazon remains the only US internet giant in the Fortune 500 that has not yet released a report detailing how many demands for data it receives from the US government. Although people are starting to notice, the retail and cloud giant has no public plans to address these concerns. Word first spread last week when the ACLU’s Christopher Soghoian, who’s spent years publicly denouncing companies for poor privacy practices, told attendees at a Seattle town hall event that he’s "hit a wall with Amazon," adding that it’s "just really difficult to reach people there."

Almost every major internet company issues on a bi-annual basis a report of how many demands for data it receives from the US government (and others). In the wake of the PRISM surveillance scandal, where nine tech companies were accused of being complicit in NSA surveillance, the tech industry wanted more transparency…

The telcos were late to get on board, but eventually began releasing their own figures, beginning with Verizon. So we got on the phone with Amazon to ask why it hasn’t disclosed its figures yet…

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