Transparency Report

Global requests for user information

A variety of laws allow government agencies around the world to request user information for civil, administrative, criminal, and national security purposes. In this Global requests report, we share information about the number and type of requests we receive from government agencies where permitted by applicable laws. Requests from US authorities using national security laws are not included in these Global requests and are instead reported separately with our US national security requests .

Requests by reporting period

Every six months, we report the number of requests made by governments for user information, and the number of accounts subject to those requests. Learn more about our approach to these requests and certain limitations to this report.

Global

Requests for disclosure of user informationAccountsJul 2009 – Dec…Jul 2010 – Dec…Jul 2011 – Dec…Jul 2012 – Dec…Jul 2013 – Dec…Jul 2014 – Dec…Jul 2015 – Dec…Jul 2016 – Dec…Jul 2017 – Dec…Jul 2018 – Dec…Jul 2019 – Dec…Jul 2020 – Dec…Jul 2021 – Dec…Jul 2022 – Dec…Jul 2023 – De…050,000100,000150,000200,000250,000300,000350,000400,000450,000500,000550,000
Begin timeRequests for disclosure of user informationAccounts
Jul 2009 – Dec 200912,5390
Jan 2010 – Jun 201013,4240
Jul 2010 – Dec 201014,2010
Jan 2011 – Jun 201115,74425,342
Jul 2011 – Dec 201118,25728,562
Jan 2012 – Jun 201220,93834,615
Jul 2012 – Dec 201221,38933,634
Jan 2013 – Jun 201325,87942,500
Jul 2013 – Dec 201327,47742,648
Jan 2014 – Jun 201431,69848,615
Jul 2014 – Dec 201430,14050,587
Jan 2015 – Jun 201535,36568,908
Jul 2015 – Dec 201540,67781,311
Jan 2016 – Jun 201644,94376,713
Jul 2016 – Dec 201645,55074,074
Jan 2017 – Jun 201748,93383,362
Jul 2017 – Dec 201748,87487,256
Jan 2018 – Jun 201857,867126,580
Jul 2018 – Dec 201863,151135,309
Jan 2019 – Jun 201979,917165,065
Jul 2019 – Dec 201985,972175,697
Jan 2020 – Jun 2020103,816235,434
Jul 2020 – Dec 2020113,591261,198
Jan 2021 – Jun 2021149,341359,655
Jul 2021 – Dec 2021153,895373,087
Jan 2022 – Jun 2022174,569416,718
Jul 2022 – Dec 2022192,442422,683
Jan 2023 – Jun 2023211,201436,326
Jul 2023 – Dec 2023216,787441,296
Jan 2024 – Jun 2024236,520510,794

Percentage of requests where some information is disclosed

Global

Percentage of requests that result in the disclosure of some informationJan 01, 2010Jan 01, 2012Jan 01, 2014Jan 01, 2016Jan 01, 2018Jan 01, 2020Jan 01, 2022Jan01,…0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%
Begin timePercentage of requests that result in the disclosure of some information
Jul 1, 20090%
Jan 1, 20100%
Jul 1, 201076%
Jan 1, 201172%
Jul 1, 201170%
Jan 1, 201267%
Jul 1, 201266%
Jan 1, 201365%
Jul 1, 201364%
Jan 1, 201465%
Jul 1, 201463%
Jan 1, 201563%
Jul 1, 201564%
Jan 1, 201664%
Jul 1, 201660%
Jan 1, 201765%
Jul 1, 201766%
Jan 1, 201867%
Jul 1, 201867%
Jan 1, 201973%
Jul 1, 201974%
Jan 1, 202076%
Jul 1, 202076%
Jan 1, 202178%
Jul 1, 202176%
Jan 1, 202278%
Jul 1, 202279%
Jan 1, 202380%
Jul 1, 202381%
Jan 1, 202482%

Diplomatic legal requests

This exhibit shows the number of requests for user information that we can identify as having been issued through diplomatic procedures. These include, for example, requests from the government of one country to another through a mutual legal assistance treaty.

Diplomatic legal requests
2,667

How Google handles government requests for user information

We carefully review each request to make sure it satisfies applicable laws. If a request asks for too much information, we try to narrow it, and in some cases we object to producing any information at all. You can see the full policy at policies.google.com/terms/information-requests


For more about the Transparency Report and requests for user information, see our frequently asked questions. For information about the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, known as ECPA, see frequently asked questions about United States Legal Process. For information about geofence warrants in the United States, see our supplemental information.

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Jul 2009 – Dec 2009
Jul 2010 – Dec 2010
Jul 2011 – Dec 2011
Jul 2012 – Dec 2012
Jul 2013 – Dec 2013
Jul 2014 – Dec 2014
Jul 2015 – Dec 2015
Jul 2016 – Dec 2016
Jul 2017 – Dec 2017
Jul 2018 – Dec 2018
Jul 2019 – Dec 2019
Jul 2020 – Dec 2020
Jul 2021 – Dec 2021
Jul 2022 – Dec 2022
Jul 2023 – Dec 2023
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