Bangalore: Apple received over the last six months between 4,000 and 5,000 requests for customer data from US law enforcement authorities relating to criminal investigations and national security matters, the company said on Monday.
Microsoft and Facebook published similar data last week after reaching a deal about disclosures with US national security authorities.
"We have asked the US government for permission to report how many requests we receive related to national security and how we handle them. We have been authorized to share some of that data," Apple said.
In a statement posted on its website Apple said that the requests were received from December 1, 2012 to May 31, 2013, and between 9,000 and 10,000 accounts or devices were specified in those requests, which came from federal, state and local authorities....
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