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birdwatcherYAHOO -- Google representatives met with police, prosecutors and other officials late Wednesday in Sao Paulo to negotiate a wide-ranging deal that would see the US company systematically providing data on suspect Orkut users to Brazilian authorities.
A public relations executive working for Google, Eduardo Vieira, told AFP he believed the deal would be sealed "this week."
He explained that divulging users' information across international boundaries was "not simple" for Internet companies such as Google, but stressed that the company had "no problem cooperating with Brazilian justice" on the issue.
Authorities had threatened Google with criminal and civil lawsuits if it did not comply with opening the restricted online photo albums of users under suspicion.
A public relations executive working for Google, Eduardo Vieira, told AFP he believed the deal would be sealed "this week."
He explained that divulging users' information across international boundaries was "not simple" for Internet companies such as Google, but stressed that the company had "no problem cooperating with Brazilian justice" on the issue.
Authorities had threatened Google with criminal and civil lawsuits if it did not comply with opening the restricted online photo albums of users under suspicion.
