Google Leads Fight to Limit Government Access to E-Mail on Cloud
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Google Inc., which says it gets about 1,400 requests a month from U.S. authorities for users’ e-mails and documents, is organizing an effort to press for limits on government access to digital communications.
The company has been talking to advocacy groups and companies about joining a lobbying effort to change the 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act, said Chris Gaither, a Google spokesman. He declined to elaborate.