NSA declines to disclose details of Google deal despite FOIA request
The Electronic Privacy Information Center originally filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the NSA which was denied and is today having it's appeal heard. The center is trying to obtain information about a deal the NSA cut with Google following an attack on Gmail by Chinese hackers in 2010.
In its Freedom of Information Act request, the information center is requesting:
- All records concerning an agreement or similar basis for collaboration, final or draft, between the NSA and Google regarding cybersecurity
- All records of communication between NSA and Google concerning Gmail, including but not limited to Google's decision to fail to routinely encrypt Gmail messages prior to Jan. 13, 2010
- All records of communications regarding NSA's role in Google’s decision regarding the failure to routinely deploy encryption for cloud-based computing service, such as Google Docs.
