The Indian government asked Apple to provide information related to customer data for 49 devices between July and December 2018, the company revealed in its latest transparency report on Tuesday. This represented an almost 100% increase in device requests from January to June 2018, when the government sought data for 27 devices. Such requests can be in various formats such as subpoenas, court orders, warrants, or other valid legal requests. The Indian government also sent Apple: 28 requests for customer data related to financial identifiers, such as credit cards or gift cards 18 requests for customer data related to account identifiers, such as an Apple ID or email address 8 requests for customer data in an emergency matter Apple said it provided data to the Indian government for: 47% of its device requests (23 out of 49) 57% of financial identifier requests (16 out of 28) 61% of account requests (11 out of 18). Apple said it only provided "non-content data" such as subscriber, account connections or transactional information in these 11 cases. 75% of emergency requests (6 out of 8) The company said it also received three account preservation requests from India, concerning four accounts, and preserved the data in one of these. It also received a single request to restrict/delete a particular account, but rejected it. Globally, Apple received 29,183 requests from governments - 10% fewer than in January-June 2018 - for 213,737 devices. Germany topped the list with 12,343 requests for 19,380 devices over the six-month period. It also sent the company…
