The Washington Post reports on Yahoo’s first government transparency report, which indicates the company “received 12,444 requests for data from the U.S. government so far this year” related to the accounts of 40,322 users. Of those requests, “37 percent disclosed the content of Yahoo accounts, such as words in e-mails, photos or uploaded files. In about 55 percent of the requests made, the company disclosed information about its users that did not involve content but gave information such as names, location data and e-mail addresses.” To date, the report states, Yahoo has rejected “two percent of those federal government requests.” (Registration may be required to access this story.)
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