Apple Doesn’t Need A Warrant To Give Your Data To The Government And They Won’t Even Tell You About It

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has just released their annual report on which companies help protect your data  from the government. The report is ranking the biggest tech companies for who does the best job protecting your data from being rifled through by the Federal Government. Guess what? Apple won’t even tell you nor does they need a warrant for passing on your ( our ) data to the gov.

For the 2013 report, EFF used the following six criteria to assess company practices and policies:

1. Require a warrant for content of communications. In this new category, companies earn recognition if they require the government to obtain a warrant supported by probable cause before they will hand over the content of user communications. This policy ensures that private messages stored by online services like Facebook, Google, and Twitter are treated consistently with the protections of the Fourth Amendment.
2. Tell users about government data requests. To earn a star in this category, Internet companies must promise to tell users when the government seeks their data unless prohibited by law. This gives users a chance to defend themselves against overreaching government demands for their data.
3. Publish transparency reports. We award companies a star in this category if they publish statistics on how often they provide user data to the government.
4. Publish law enforcement guidelines. Companies get a star in this category if they make public policies or guidelines they have explaining how they respond to data demands from the government, such as guides for law enforcement.
5. Fight for users’ privacy rights in courts. To earn recognition in this category, companies must have a public record of resisting overbroad government demands for access to user content in court.1
6. Fight for users’ privacy in Congress. Internet companies earn a star in this category if they support efforts to modernize electronic privacy laws to defend users in the digital age by joining the Digital Due Process Coalition.

Download the complete Who Has Your Back? 2013 report as a PDF.