Apple updated its law enforcement guidelines so that a judge's order is now required for releasing customer push notification data, aligning its policy with Google's. The change followed a letter by Oregon Senator Ron Wyden revealing that authorities had sought such data from both companies.
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doing the right thing by matching Google and requiring a court order to hand over push notification related data
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The revised policy, though not officially announced, was observed on Apple's publicly available law enforcement guidelines in the past few days.
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In a letter unveiled last week, Wyden emphasised that such requests for data were received by both Apple and Google.
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