Global requests for Apple user data H1 2022

In the first half of 2022, about 14 thousand user account data requests were sent to Apple by government entities and law enforcement agencies worldwide. In the second half of 2021, governments worldwide issued 12,5 thousand user account data requests to the tech giant. This figure has gradually increased from the 1,646 requests recorded in 2013.

Number of user account data requests to Apple worldwide from 1st quarter 2013 to 1st quarter 2022

Characteristic	Number of received requests
H1 2013	1,646
H2 2013	1,327
H1 2014	1,495
H2 2014	1,425
H1 2015	1,667
H2 2015	1,813
H1 2016	2,564
H2 2016	2,231
H1 2017	3,020
H2 2017	3,358
H1 2018	4,177
H2 2018	4,875
H1 2019	6,480
H2 2019	7,480
H1 2020	9,872
H2 2020	10,757
H1 2021	12,589
H2 2021	12,533
H1 2022	14,005

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Release date

June 2022

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Worldwide

Survey time period

H1 2013 to H1 2022

Supplementary notes

The source adds the following information: "Account requests are based on account identifiers such as an Apple ID or email address. Account requests generally seek information regarding customers’ Apple ID accounts, such as account holder name and address and account connections to Apple services - for example, law enforcement investigations where an account may have been used unlawfully. Account requests may also seek customers’ content data, such as photos, email, iOS device backups, contacts or calendars."

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