Does Apple give your data to the government?

Apple receives various forms of legal process requesting information from or actions by Apple. Apple requires government and private entities to follow applicable laws and statutes when requesting customer information and data. If they do, we comply by providing data responsive to the request.

Does Apple release information to police?

Apple is committed to maintaining the privacy of the customers of Apple products and services (“Apple customers”). Accordingly, other than in emergency situations as provided by law, information about Apple customers will not be released without valid legal process.

Can the police get into your iCloud account?

Long answer: Depending on what law enforcement is looking for, it may not need physical possession of your device at all. A lot of information on your phone is also stored elsewhere. For example, if you back up your iPhone to Apple’s iCloud, the government can get it from Apple.

Who owns iCloud data?

Apple Inc.
Apple Inc. iCloud is a cloud storage and cloud computing service from Apple Inc. launched on October 12, 2011. As of 2018, the service had an estimated 850 million users, up from 782 million users in 2016.

Can law enforcement track my iPhone?

It’s no secret to police investigators that the Apple iPhone keeps track of its owners’ approximate location. Law enforcement agencies have known since at least last year that an iPhone or iPad surreptitiously records its owner’s approximate location, and have used that geolocation data to aid criminal investigations.

Does Apple sell your information?

We have provided these rights to our global customer base and if you choose to exercise these privacy rights, you have the right not to be treated in a discriminatory way nor to receive a lesser degree of service from Apple. Apple does not sell your data including as “sale” is defined in Nevada and California.

Can police get into a locked iPhone 2021?

Apple will no longer unlock iPhones for police.

What information is stored on iCloud?

Each iCloud account gets 5GB of storage, and according to Apple, that specifically means data from mail, documents, photos and videos stored in Photos library, as well as iOS device backups.

Can police retrieve iMessages?

But Apple can access iMessage content despite those messages being protected by the company’s end-to-end encrypted architecture. As Forbes reported earlier this year, Apple can decrypt and provide iMessages to law enforcement when required.

Does law enforcement have access to iCloud data?

Any information that falls under the End-to-end encrypted data category as defined in the iCloud security overview is never disclosed to the law enforcement. End users may only obtain end-to-end encrypted data by setting up a compatible Apple device and typing a screen lock passcode of their past device.

Does Apple give data to the police?

Apple is not going to casually surrender information about any of its users to anyone. However, if law enforcement has a legal warrant or if the company is asked to help following an incident like the San Bernardino shootings, Apple has provided data.

Is Apple’s cloud data secure?

While Apple claims secure encryption for all of the cloud data, the company readily provides some information to the law enforcement when presented with a legal request – but refuses to give away some of the most important bits of data.

Can law enforcement retrieve data from a stolen iPhone?

Unless they have the passcode or a suspect unlocks the device for them, there is nothing at all that either law enforcement or Apple can retrieve from the device. There have been clear exceptions, however, especially with the use of Cellebrite’s software and techniques to crack various iPhones.