Senator Wyden says government agencies in foreign countries have been demanding smartphone data from US tech giants. Photo: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images North America < p>In response to the senator's letter, Apple said that the US government has “prohibited” it from disclosing any information about the collection of data from iPhone applications.
An Apple spokesperson said: ” Apple is committed to transparency, and we have long supported efforts to ensure that vendors can disclose as much information as possible to their users.
“In this case, the federal government prohibited us from sharing any information and now When this method becomes publicly available, we update our transparency reports to detail requests like these.”
A Google spokesperson said it is “the first major company to publish a public transparency report that details the number and the types of government requests for user data that we receive, including the requests Senator Wyden refers to.”
Senator Wyden added: “Apple and Google should be allowed to be transparent about the legal demands they receive. especially from foreign governments, just as companies routinely notify users about other types of government data requests.”
The U.S. Department of Justice did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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