Government Requests for Amazon's User Data Increased 800% in the Second Half of 2020

Amazon has revealed that government demands for its user data skyrocketed by a staggering 800 percent over the course of the last six months of 2020.According to the tech giant's transparency report, various governments from all over the world have increasingly called for user data to be shared. Over the second half of last year, the company received 27,664 data demands, which -- when compared to the 3,222 data demands in the first half of the year -- marks an almost 800 percent surge. The user ...