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The document explains compliance with applicable U.S. and, where relevant, overseas legal processes such as ECPA and CLOUD Act, outlines requirements for warrants or customer consent except in emergency circumstances, and describes centralized review and possible objection or challenge of unclear or over-broad requests. 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(“Apple”) about customers of Apple’s devices, products and services. Apple will update these Guidelines as necessary.  \nAll other requests for information regarding Apple customers, including customer questions about information disclosure, should be directed to [https://www.apple.com/privacy/contact/](https://www.apple.com/privacy/contact/. These)[. These](https://www.apple.com/privacy/contact/. These)[ ](https://www.apple.com/privacy/contact/. These)Guidelines do not apply to requests made by government and law enforcement agencies outside the United States to Apple’s relevant local entities.  \nFor government and law enforcement information requests, Apple complies with the laws pertaining to global entities that control our data and we provide details as legally required. For all requests from government and law enforcement agencies within the United States for content, with the exception of emergency circumstances (defined in the Electronic Communications Privacy Act 1986, as amended), Apple will only provide content in response to a search warrant issued upon a showing of probable cause, or customer consent.  \nAll requests from government and law enforcement agencies outside of the United States for content, with the exception of emergency circumstances (defined below in Emergency Requests), must comply with applicable laws, including the United States Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) . A request under a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty or the Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act (“CLOUD Act”) is in compliance with ECPA. Apple will provide customer content, as it exists in the customer’s account, only in response to such legally valid process.  \nFor private party requests, Apple complies with the laws pertaining to customer data and provides data as legally required.  \nApple has a centralized process for receiving, tracking, processing, and responding to legitimate legal requests from government, law enforcement, and private parties from when they are received until when a response is provided. A trained team in our legal department reviews and evaluates all requests received, and requests which Apple determines to have no valid legal basis or considers tobe unclear, inappropriate or over-broad are objected, challenged or rejected.  \nApple provides responses to the requesting law enforcement agency at the official law enforcement email address of the requesting officer. All evidence preservation pursuant to the responses provided by Apple is the responsibility of the requesting law enforcement agency.  \nINDEX  \nI. General Information  \nII. Service of Legal Process  \nA. Government, Law Enforcement, and Private Party Subpoenas, Search Warrants, and Court Orders  \nB. Managing and Responding to Government, Law Enforcement, and Private Party Subpoenas, Search Warrants, and Court Orders  \nC. Witness Testimony Subpoenas  \nD. Preservation Requests  \nE. Emergency Requests  \nF. Account Restriction/Deletion Requests  \nG. Customer Notice  \nIII. Information Available from Apple  \nA. Device Registration  \nB. Customer Service Records  \nC. Apple Media Services  \nD. Apple Store Transactions  \nE. [Apple.com](Apple.com) Orders  \nF. Gift Cards  \nG. Apple Cash  \nH. Apple Pay  \nI. Apple Pay Later  \nJ. Apple Card  \nK. Savings  \nL. iCloud  \nM. Find My  \nN. AirTag and Find My Network Accessory Program  \nO. Extracting Data from Passcode Locked iOS Devices  \nP. IP Address Request  \nQ. Other Available Device Information  \nR. Requests for Apple Store CCTV Data  \nS. Game Center  \nT. iOS Device Activation  \nU. Connection Logs  \nV. My Apple ID and iForgot Logs  \nW. FaceTime  \nX. iMessage  \nY. Apple TV app  \nZ. Sign in with Apple  \nAA. Apple Push Notification Service (APNs)  \nIV. Frequentl","cbCail6XcB2UhFe7","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCail6XcB2UhFe7","pdf",241963,"English","# I. General Information\n## II. Service of Legal Process\n## III. Information Available from Apple\n## IV. Frequently Asked Questions","[{\"question\":\"What legal process must be used for Apple to disclose content or information to U.S. government or law enforcement requests?\",\"answer\":\"Except for emergency circumstances, Apple provides content in response to a search warrant showing probable cause or customer consent. 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