Google chief legal officer David Drummond (David Drummond) said today, Google has never been in cooperation with the United States National Security Bureau, previously did not know the existence of the prism project. He reiterated Google for the "prism" project statement: "we have no partnership with the United States National Security bureau. While for the media initially reported, allowing the government to acquire data of the project, Tani Kaya did not participate in the."
Drummond said, for the collection of behavior is not generally known to the outside world, the government must formulate the regulation, so as to restore the global users on the use of the Internet's confidence.
Drummond also strongly reiterated Google's position, namely Google did not allow the United States National Security Bureau to log on the company's servers, never in the "Guardian" reported that "prism" before the project exists. He said, Google will continue to take active measures, to release more information about government data requests, but Google "does not make laws".
Under questioning, Drummond said: "it's time for the government to come together, some rules about the confidentiality of the data collection. It is not just the United States government, including the government in Europe and other regions. For any given government more power, in order to get the user data of the law, we must pay close attention to."
To a PPT document from the United States National Security Bureau shows, the Department can directly login 9 Internet Co, the 9 companies are Microsoft, Yahoo!, AOL, apple, Skype, PalTalk, YouTube, Facebook and google. These companies deny, allow government departments in this way into your system. Google said earlier, according to the "foreign intelligence surveillance law", the company should the United States National Security Bureau's request, provide the file transmission system.
Drummond said this year, Google finally approved, which can disclose the company has received much user data associated with the national security query message, the message is usually use the United States Federal Bureau of investigation and the Central Intelligence Agency and other departments. He said: "we never doubt that legitimate requests for data exist, for example in the criminal offence, or suspected terrorist attacks. We just think about these requests, the range should be more transparent." But Drummond did not answer, before the scandal broke, Google has been pushing to disclose more information.
Similar to other Silicon Valley firm, and Drummond said, the government monitoring project news report in the size of the Google surprised. He said: "we don't know 'prism' project exists."
He said, Google in support of the European Commission Vice Chairman Vivian Redding (Viviane Reding) of a work, simplifying privacy laws, which on the one hand protect Internet users to promote economic growth, on the other hand. He thinks that, while achieving the two goals are possible.
According to "the guardian" argument, in the incident, some users have lost to Google's trust, also cannot be determined, the enterprise data would like personal data by government departments to obtain. Drummond admits, Google has felt the impact of the event, so it will take measures to restore the company's reputation.
He said: "our business based on the user's trust. I am a large listing Corporation, so lying is not the best way to occupation career development." He also said: "about our participation in the monitoring project widely argument, if you because of this argument no longer trust us, so I am very upset, because we did not."
Drummond began working for the Google since 2002, and in 1998 began to engage with the Google related work.
