Apple has received some 30 000 data requests from governments around the world in the second half 2015, and provided information in the majority of cases, reports the IT group's latest transparency report.
Apple gained 35% of 1610 data requests made by the French government, the report published Monday.
The group at the apple has also provided information to the US government in 4000 made 80% of requests.
He also gained 63% of applications for Asia-Pacific countries, 52% of applications from European countries, the Middle East, Africa and India, and 80% of queries countries North and South America.
The largest number of queries came from Germany (nearly 12,000), and
Apple has responded in 52% of cases.
Germany and thirty countries in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and India have issued a total of 19,322 requests.
In Asia Pacific, eleven countries made some 7,300 requests, 3,000 in Australia, more than 1900 in Singapore and some 1,000 in China.
The US group received exactly 30,687 requests from various governments, which concerned 167 000 devices.
The first half of 2015, Apple had received 26 000 applications that concerned 360,000 devices.
This report is published after an epic battle between Apple and the Federal Police FBI.
The US government had initiated a lawsuit against Apple that refused to unlock the
iPhone that belonged to one of the authors of the attack in San Bernardino (CA) on Dec. 2 that killed 14 people. Supported in particular by
Google and Facebook, Apple justified his refusal by the protection of personal data.
The government finally abandoned its legal action after professional hackers services used to unlock the smartphone, according to the Washington Post, but several courts have dealt with similar cases.
"When we get a police request that request personal information from a customer, we inform the customer of this request (...) unless we explicitly do not have the right to do so," said Apple in his report.
The group may, however, refuse to comply with requests "in extreme situations, when we believe that disclosure would put a child or another person in serious danger."
Government agencies "must obtain a search warrant" and "our legal team carefully examines" each request, said the IT group.
"We access to applications once we are satisfied that the request is valid and appropriate. Then we provide a more limited data set as possible, "says Apple.