Apple has posted its latest transparency report on government requests for the company to disclose personal data belonging to customers, and it reveals that the number of FISA/National Security Letters it received roughly doubled in the second half of last year. These are classified requests for data, in which companies are not even allowed to report that they have received the orders.
CNET notes that FISA and NSL requests have been strongly criticised by privacy campaigners.
Critics of National Security Letters, like the Electronic Frontier Foundation, say they ‘allow the FBI to secretly demand data about ordinary American citizens’ private communications and Internet activity without any meaningful oversight or prior judicial review’ …
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