Facebook would be in conversation with the U.s. government to provide certain information to the outside to bring about still secret dataverzoeken. If the plans go through, may for example be released outside how many requests there are to be done.
At this time, a portion of the dataverzoeken is still strictly secret: companies are required to to work, but should their existence not to the outside. Facebook said earlier, just as Google and Microsoft, more transparency. Now seems to be Facebook in conversation with the U.s. government to make that happen, writes AllThingsD.
If the talks succeed, would Facebook and other internet companies certain information about the requests to outside may bring. It is, inter alia, to requests under the FISA legislation, whereby data of foreigners by American companies can be obtained. The request itself may not be released outside, but the number of. Also the ‘size’ of the request may be revealed, where probably also the kind of requested data is referred to.
Facebook, in contrast to Google transparency report, which provides information on the number of entries is disclosed. Because the secret requests are not allowed to be recorded, specifies a transparency report, according to the social network an incomplete picture.