Google facing government’s wrath in Brazil

Google successfully managed to deny the right to handover user data to the US government a couple of months ago but they might not succeed in doing so in Brazil.

The company is facing a lawsuit filed by Brazilian prosecutors who are seeking information from the search engine company about Orkut users for investigations involving hate crime, pornography, and child pornography.

Google has stated that they are ready to comply by the local laws if the requests are reasonable and follow an appropriate legal process.

Google said in a statement: “It is and always has been our intention to be as cooperative in the investigation and prosecution of crimes as we possibly can, while being careful to balance the interests of our users, our business and the request from the authorities.”

It further said: “We have and will continue to provide Brazilian authorities with information on users who abuse the Orkut service, if their requests are reasonable and follow an appropriate legal process. In fact, we have already produced data in response to criminal court orders issued by Brazilian courts that are addressed to Google Inc. and served on its counsel in Brazil.”