Google supplied some person information to the federal government of Hong Kong final 12 months, regardless of promising it might not course of such information requests from authorities, in line with the Hong Kong Free Press. The firm advised the information outlet it “produced some data” in response to a few of the 43 requests it acquired from Hong Kong’s authorities. Two of the requests needed to do with investigations into human trafficking and included search warrants, and a 3rd was an emergency disclosure as a part of a reputable menace to somebody’s life, HKFP reported.

The firm advised HKFP that not one of the three responses included customers’ content material information.

Last August, Google stated it might cease responding to information requests from Hong Kong’s authorities, except the requests had been made in cooperation with the US Department of Justice. The transfer was in response to a brand new Hong Kong nationwide safety regulation imposed by China, which included a doable sentence of life in jail for individuals discovered responsible of subversion. China has used subversion costs to detain political protesters and dissidents within the Chinese mainland. Facebook and Twitter additionally halted the processing of information requests from Hong Kong’s authorities in response to the safety regulation.

Google didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark from The Verge on Saturday.