Apple Reveals The Informations Request From Authorities : No Indian Requests

Apple puts out the sheet of data that was transferred over to the government authorities requesting user data. The Apple team has mentioned that they have provided all legally liable information to the respective authorities and there has been a confirmation that it will continue to publish the information transparently through coming years.

"We have reported all the information we are legally allowed to share," the report, issued Tuesday, states, "and Apple will continue to advocate for greater transparency about the requests we receive."

The report's Account Information Requests table, below (click to make readable), lists the exact number of requests received, acted upon, and other details from the 31 countries from which Apple received such requests. "Some countries are not listed in this report," a note reads, "because Apple has not received any information requests from the government there."

"At the time of this report," Apple notes, "the U.S. government does not allow Apple to disclose, except in broad ranges, the number of national security orders, the number of accounts affected by the orders, or whether content, such as emails, was disclosed. We strongly oppose this gag order, and Apple has made the case for relief from these restrictions in meetings and discussions with the White House, the U.S. Attorney General, congressional leaders, and the courts."

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Apple confirms that there has been only very rare incidents where the really private photos and mails were requested. "In very rare cases," the report says about account requests, "we are asked to provide stored photos or email. We consider these requests very carefully and only provide account content in extremely limited circumstances."

Perhaps most important, our business does not depend on collecting personal data. We have no interest in amassing personal information about our customers. We protect personal conversations by providing end-to-end encryption over iMessage and FaceTime. We do not store location data, Maps searches, or Siri requests in any identifiable form. ... Unlike many other companies dealing with requests for customer data from government agencies, Apple's main business is not about collecting information. Adds apple giving the thumbs down to facebook, twitter, and the like.

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There has been no reports on the requests from India government yet, but there has been quite a count of phone location requests from India.

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- Unknown Updated at: Wednesday, November 06, 2013