The policy states that Google will share personal information in response to applicable law, regulation, legal process, or enforceable governmental requests when Google has a good-faith belief that disclosure is reasonably necessary, and publishes aggregate information about such requests in its Transparency Report.
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This provision establishes the conditions under which Google discloses user data to law enforcement and government entities; the good-faith belief standard and the legal review process described in the policy are the primary procedural safeguards described, and the Transparency Report provides aggregate but not individualized disclosure of request volumes.
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Compare across platforms →"We will share personal information outside of Google if we have a good-faith belief that disclosure of the information is reasonably necessary to: Respond to any applicable law, regulation, legal process, or enforceable governmental request. We share information about the number and type of requests we receive from governments in our Transparency Report.Excerpt from Google's Privacy Policy
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This provision establishes the conditions under which Google discloses user data to law enforcement and government entities; the good-faith belief standard and the legal review process described in the policy are the primary procedural safeguards described, and the Transparency Report provides aggregate but not individualized disclosure of request volumes.
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