Yesterday, I wrote about the increased commitment to transparency being exhibited by many of the tech companies. Silk is a platform for visualizing information interactively. The staff at Silk has put together a database of information on government requests for information gathered from companies’ transparency reports.
You can view the (normalized) data by country, company, or year. For each country and company the database lists the number of requests and compliance rates. You can click on a country or company to get more detailed information.
This seems like a nice resource that will get more useful as the idea of issuing transparency reports gains steam. I found the compliance numbers particularly interesting. Be sure to click on the link to see the complete list of countries. The compliance rates of the companies is interesting too. WordPress and Apple have the lowest rates (33%) while Pinterest has the highest (92%). Part of that can be explained by the fact that Pinterest had only 12 requests but Microsoft with the second highest rate of 81% had 142944 requests so some companies are definitely more amenable to cooperating than others.
I’m not sure you can use the data to make significant decisions but it’s fascinating to explore it.