Two weeks after Reddit announced that it will change its privacy policies and user agreement, the site released a transparency report on their website.
The report is a response to legal requests from the government and law enforcement agencies regarding user's private information and the removal of content and sub-credits.
The social networking site's report covers 2014 and it is noted on the report that Reddit produced user information for 58 percent of all government and civil requests and 64 percent of all state and federal government appeals, according to PCmag.
The social network refused to provide user information to 42 percent of government and civil requests and to 36 percent for the state and federal government requests. The site also declined the 69 percent of the requests of removing contents of the site.
Based on Reddit's report, the site received 55 requests where 53 percent are us subpoenas, 15 percent are US warrants, 13 percent are US emergency requests, 9 percent are international requests and 11 percent are US Civil subpoenas.
It is also noted on the report that the site disregards non-binding demands like the government appeals that the site receives demanding to withhold notice that carry no legal weight. The site emphasized their goal to give users information the users need to seek legal advice before records are disclosed. The site emphasized on the report that as stated in their private policy, they provide advance notice to affected users unless prohibited by a court order or where we decide delayed notice is appropriate based on clear criteria.
It regularly receive notices demanding the removal of user-submitted content from the site due to alleged violations of copyright, trademark, or other laws.The site also declined the 69 percent of the requests of removing contents of the site.