Microsoft

Microsoft is an American software company responsible for Windows, Outlook (Hotmail), Skype, Xbox, Bing, and many other widely used computer services.

Transparency Report

In March 2013 Microsoft released its first transparency report on law enforcement access to data held by Microsoft. The data shows that UK authorities made more requests for Skype user data in 2012 than any other country (including the US)


Microsoft, Law Enforcement Requests, United Kingdom
2012 2013 Q1,2
Total requests 9226 4404
Accounts/Users Specified in Requests 14301 6723
Requests Resulting in Disclosure of Content 0 0
Requests Resulting in Disclosure of Only Subscriber/Transactional (Non-Content) Data 8997 3443
Requests Resulting in Disclosure of No Customer Data (No Data Found) 2433 867
Requests Resulting in Disclosure of No Customer Data (Request Rejected) 4 94
Skype, Law Enforcement Requests, United Kingdom
2012
Total requests 1268
Accounts/Users Specified in Requests 2720
Request Resulting in Disclosure of Content 0

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