Google'll Show How It Protect Enterprise Customer Data In 2020 Transparency Reports

As a frequency, Google releases two reports every year to unveil its transparency. Apparently, one of this year's information package will throw up more details related to government snooping. Google reportedly will add an irregular section that shows how often governments requested Google to access enterprise customers' data on GSuite and Google Cloud.

Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian said this decision marked a milestone ever since the company tried to show transparency and response to broader uncertainty of the company's responsibilities on the data of enterprise customers, especially when governments request Google to access it.

Google also concluded five new principles it will follow to go about many advocacy efforts from governments. For instance, once governments want to access companies' data, they should do this in a direct way instead of approaching Google. The tech giant additionally said jurisdictions should raise up transparency from not only Google but also third-party ones like its customers and governmental agencies itself.

To the extent of governments' demand, they should provide a clear way for enterprises when having to face any data request. Google added that it will go along with policies if they promote the creation of better security technologies. As part of that, the tech giant will give a hand in modernizing existing policies by supporting related initiatives. However, we have yet to see such action until now.

Since 2017, Google has started to make annual transparency reports more transparent, starting by redesigning them into more understandable for the public to read. As such, people can be more aware of how the company takes its own responsibility regarding privacy problems, especially enterprises and corporates.