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Google Says No To Brazilian Judge

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A Brazilian federal court wants Google to hand over data about users of the Brazilian Orkut service, but Google will respond with a brief that refuses the request.

Orkut users. The International Herald Tribune Google's position that such requests should be made where the data has been stored has not been well-received by Lunardelli: In August, Lundarelli dismissed that argument, writing in his decision that "it is not relevant that the data are stored in the United States, since all the photographs and messages being investigated were published by Brazilians, through Internet connection in national territory." Google responded that it has already fulfilled 40 requests similar to this one from Brazilian authorities. Add to Del.icio.us | Digg | Yahoo! My Web | Furl Bookmark murdok: David Utter is a staff writer for murdok covering technology and business.

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