Yahoo publishes first transparency report, but can't provide NSA specifics

Yahoo today published its first-ever transparency report outlining global government data requests it received between January 1st and June 30th of this year. "We take user privacy seriously and appreciate our role as a global company in promoting freedom of expression wherever we do business," the company writes. National security requests — such as those from the NSA in the United States — are lumped into the numbers, but Yahoo is unable to break down such inquiries individually. Notably, ...