Apple revealed on Monday that it received between 4,000 & 5,000 data requests in six months from U.S. Law Enforcement for user info. & affected accounts. Apple also revealed that the most common forms of requests involved investigating robberies & other misc. crimes. Between Dec. 1, 2012 & May 31, 2013, the federal, state & local law enforcement had requested customer information up to 5,000 times & up to 10,000 accounts or devices.
Google on Saturday said it already publishes that data, & is still awaiting permission to publish FISA Disclosures.
Microsoft released a statement on Friday saying that over a six month period, ending on December 31, 2012 received up to 7,000 criminal & national security warrants, subpoenas & affecting up to 32,000 customer accounts from local, state & federal government agencies.
All the companies have denied claims that the NSA Could directly access to their servers. Apple also said that it does not store data related to consumers location & Map searches or Siri requests in a way that they can be tracked back to an individual.
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