Apple at present shared a brand new Transparency Report offering info on buyer information requests that the corporate obtained from the U.S. authorities within the first half of 2022.

For the primary time ever, Apple has reported the overall variety of “geofence requests” that it obtained from the U.S. authorities. These requests are supposed to embody particular latitude and longitudes coordinates for a specified time interval, however Apple doesn’t gather this info as a part of its dedication to buyer privateness, and subsequently doesn’t present it to legislation enforcement, whereas totally respecting the authorized course of.

From the Transparency Report:

Apple might also obtain requests from authorities companies in search of buyer information associated to particular latitude and longitudes coordinates (geofence) for a specified time interval. Apple doesn’t have any information to supply in response to geofence requests.

For added info, the Transparency Report is accessible on Apple’s web site as a PDF.

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