Google Brazil on Friday asked a federal judge to review his decision that it disclose the data of users of Google's social networking site, Orkut, who were accused of criminal activities.

Judge Jose Marcos Lunardelli ruled on Thursday that Google Brazil turn over within 15 days user information from websites that promote crimes like racism or child pornography, threatening the company with a daily fine of 50,000 reals (23,400 U.S. dollars) if it does not comply.

The company said on Friday that it wished federal judge Lunardelli's decision to be reviewed, as it was "inefficient."

Google Brazil officials have said all clients' data are stored on a server in the California-based Google Inc and is subject to U.S. laws, which makes it impossible for them to reveal the data in Brazil.

They also said the local affiliate is just a sales representative of the U.S.-based headquarters and only deals in marketing and sales and has nothing to do with Orkut.

Filed at a district court in Sao Paulo, the judicial order issued by Judge Lunardelli on Thursday noted that Google had so far "unsatisfactorily met" investigators' data requirements, preventing them from identifying criminal elements using the Internet service.

The judicial order also targets Orkut for refusing to give up the identities of suspected online criminals.

Source: Xinhua