Apple received 5,000 data requests from Prism in last six months

Charlee Gothard
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10,000 accounts affected by US government information demands, reveals company

Apple has revealed that it received 5,000 US government requests for customer data between 1 December 2012 and 31 May 2013, making it one of the most scrutinised tech companies by the NSA-run surve...

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