Google reports 150% rise in government data requests

The search engine reported receiving 19% more data requests by the US government

Google is reportedly getting more requests for user data from governments across the world.

CNET reports that according to an update to the search giant's Transparency Report, worldwide government requests for Google's users data have shot up 150% in five years.

The search engine reported receiving 19% more data requests by US government.

Richard Salgado, Google's legal director of law enforcement and information security, wrote in a blog post on Monday that government requests for user information such as registration information, emails and IP addresses are up 15% in the first half of 2014, and up 150% since the report was first published in 2009.

Google has until now received 31,698 government requests for user information during the first half of this year, out of which, it complied to 65% of those requests.