Apple Quietly Changes Policy, Search Warrant Now Required to Send Certain Customer Data to Law Enforcement

Tech giant Apple has changed its policy around data requests from law enforcement, with a court order now required to access user push notification data.
Apple Quietly Changes Policy, Search Warrant Now Required to Send Certain Customer Data to Law Enforcement
A pedestrian walks by an Apple Store in Berkeley, Calif., on Aug. 4, 2023. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Stephen Katte
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Apple has quietly changed its legal guidelines to now require U.S. law enforcement agencies to obtain a court order if they want access to specific aspects of the tech giant’s customer data.

In Apple’s updated guidelines, the tech giant will now only share customer data about push notifications with law enforcement “in response to a search warrant issued upon a showing of probable cause, or customer consent.” In the past, the company accepted a subpoena to hand over customer data.

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