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Apple received 30,000 device information requests from govts
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IANS | 26 May, 2018
The governments around the world sent requests for device information on
29,718 Apple devices, with India asking for 27 device requests in the
July-December 2017 period, the iPhone maker has revealed.
Overall,
the data was provided in 79 per cent of cases, Apple said in its
bi-annual transparency report made available on Friday.
In case of India, the data was provided in 14 out of 27 requests (52 per cent).
The
governments and private parties around the world also requested
information on 3,358 Apple accounts and data was provided in 82 per cent
of cases.
"Examples of such requests are where law enforcement
agencies are working on behalf of customers who have requested
assistance locating lost or stolen devices.
"Additionally, Apple
regularly receives multi-device requests related to fraud
investigations. Device-based requests generally seek details of
customers associated with devices or device connections to Apple
services," the Cupertino-based company said.
Private party
request circumstances generally relate to instances where private
litigants are involved in either civil or criminal proceedings.
The
tech giant said that starting with the period July 1-December 31, 2018,
it will "report on government requests to take down Apps from the App
Store in instances related to alleged violations of legal and/or policy
provisions".
Apple requires government and private entities to
follow applicable laws and statutes when requesting customer information
and data.
"We contractually require our service providers to
abide by the same standard for any government information requests for
Apple data. Our legal team reviews requests received to ensure that the
requests have a valid legal basis,a the company said.
"When we
receive an account request seeking our customers' personal information,
we notify the customer that we have received a request concerning their
personal data except where we are explicitly prohibited by the legal
process, by a court order Apple receives, or by applicable law," it
added.
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