Google Explains Its New Search Warrant Policy Into a Board Game

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What will Google do if government asked Google for user data? This kind of question makes people scary. However, to cope and clarify with this notion, Google has produced an interesting YouTube video that utilises a board game to help its users understand the process behind it.

The video explains exactly what happens when the government requests user information from the tech company to help with a criminal investigation. The search warrant goes through various departments and preliminary procedures, so Google breaks down the layers provided to protect user data. The video comes packaged along with the latest Google Transparency Report, which states that user information requests related to criminal cases have increased about 120% in four years. Here is the video: