Apple updated its statistics on national security orders...
Apple updated its statistics on national security orders (http://bit.ly/1mRZJHV) after the Justice Department lifted some restrictions on reporting government requests for information (CD Jan 28 p10). The company said it received between zero and 249 national security orders Jan. 1-June…
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30, 2013 -- a range it had not been able to report in its previous disclosure (CD Nov 7 p12). National security orders represent the total number of national security requests received from the government, which includes national security letters issued by the FBI, said Electronic Frontier Foundation Staff Attorney Nate Cardozo. In total, the company received 927 law enforcement account requests, specifying 2,330 accounts. Previously, those numbers were reported as 1,000 to 2,000 account requests and 2,000 to 3,000 accounts. Data disclosed was to law enforcement in 747 of the 2,330 accounts named. That disclosure number was initially reported as zero to 1,000.