Facebook, Google,Yahoo,Microsoft And Apple Denied Participation In NSA Data Mining Program

Earlier today The Washington Post reported about NSA PRISM surveillance program which was mining data from leading 9 US Tech companies which includes Facebook, Google , Yahoo, Microsoft, Skype, YouTube, AOL, Pal Talk ,Drop box and Apple. There was no reason for NSA surveillance program provided however it was just to monitor users activity. Techcrunch reported about their conversation between all these companies and posted that Facebook,Google ,Yahoo ,Microsoft and Apple has clearly denied their participation in the NSA data mining program. Techcrunch has not received statements from other companies but will update soon. Following are companies official statements regarding the program .

Google

“Google cares deeply about the security of our users’ data. We disclose user data to government in accordance with the law, and we review all such requests carefully. From time to time, people allege that we have created a government ‘back door’ into our systems, but Google does not have a backdoor for the government to access private user data.”

Facebook

“We do not provide any government organization with direct access to Facebook servers. When Facebook is asked for data or information about specific individuals, we carefully scrutinize any such request for compliance with all applicable laws, and provide information only to the extent required by law.”

Microsoft

“We provide customer data only when we receive a legally binding order or subpoena to do so, and never on a voluntary basis. In addition we only ever comply with orders for requests about specific accounts or identifiers. If the government has a broader voluntary national security program to gather customer data we don’t participate in it.”

Yahoo

“Yahoo! takes users’ privacy very seriously. We do not provide the government with direct access to our servers, systems, or network.”

Apple

Apple’s official statement stated from AllThingsD:

“We have never heard of PRISM. We do not provide any government agency with direct access to our servers, and any government agency requesting customer data must get a court order.”