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The prominent news have mounted high that Yahoo has experienced victory over a court fight that could help the public learn more about the US government's efforts to obtain data from Internet users. In fact, the US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court reviews government requests to observe secretively on individuals. It commanded law on Monday that information should be made public about a 2008 case that ordered Yahoo to turn over customer data.

The order demands the government to review which portions of the opinion, briefs and arguments can be recategorized as well as report back to the court by July 29. The government went in quest of the information from Yahoo Inc. under the National Security Agency's Prism data-gathering programme. The particulars collectively of the secret programme were revealed by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden who has evaded the country.

(AW:Samrat Biswas)