Apple`s transparency report shows steep drop in government data requests
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What you need to know Apple has released its latest transparency report. The report details data requests from governments and private parties. Apple shared data 77% of the time. Apple is out with its latest transparency report and it has revealed a steep drop in data requests from governments. As reported by CNET, the report revealed that governments had requested data from 83,307 devices in the back half of 2020, about half as much as the year before. The tech giant said government requests had targeted 83,307 devices, just under half as many as the same time a year earlier. Apple is often kept from sharing details about government data requests, but it did say it provided data 77% of the time, slightly lower than the 80% the same time a year earlier. According to Apple, Germany requested data for the most devices with the United States and China in second and third place. Germany again made the most requests for device data, according to Apple`s report, asking for ...