Washington, February 05: Internet search firm Google is finalizing a deal that would let the US National Security Agency help it investigate a corporate espionage attack that may have originated in China, the Washington Post reported.
The aim of the investigation is to better defend Google, the world’s largest internet search company, and its users from future attacks, the Post said, citing anonymous sources with knowledge of the arrangement.
The sources said Google’s alliance with the NSA, the world’s most powerful electronic surveillance organization, would be aimed at letting the two sides share critical information without violating Google’s policies or laws that protect the privacy of online communications.
Under the arrangement, the NSA would not be viewing user searches or email accounts, the sources said. Google also would not be sharing proprietary data with the NSA, they said.
-Agencies