Apple has joined Microsoft and Facebook in releasing details of requests from US law enforcement agencies for customer data amid continuing concerns over the extent of secret government surveillance.
Apple said in a statement it received between 4,000 and 5,000 requests over the six months from December 2012 to May 2013 covering between 9,000 and 10,000 accounts or devices. The requests came from federal, state and local authorities and related to both criminal and national security matters.
“The most common form of request comes from police investigating robberies and other crimes, searching for missing children, trying to locate a patient with Alzheimer’s disease, or hoping to prevent a suicide,” the statement said.
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