Surfshark VPN : Government surveillance report

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Surfshark research hub analyzed user data requests that Apple, Google, Facebook, and Microsoft received from 177 countries between 2013 and 2020. As a data request can cover multiple accounts, the research looks into the number of accounts specified in these requests, examines their global distribution per population, and compares the number of partially or fully disclosed requests.

Government surveillance is growing. The number of accounts requested increased more than four times from 2013 to 2020, with 2020 seeing the most significant year-over-year increase of almost 40%.

The US and EU authorities request data the most. Both regions account for nearly two-thirds of all accounts of interest from 2013 to 2020. To compare, the US requested more than double the accounts per 100K people than all the EU countries combined.

Companies disclose user data more than ever. From 2013 to 2020, the number of disclosed requests grew by almost 280%. On average, companies comply with 7 out of 10 demands to produce account data.

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