Apple publishes its rules for when the law requests access to the user data

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Our privacy has been sullied during the beginning of this year, the NSA controversy starred with requests to read personal data through user accounts of some companies. Apple had already asked then a change in these methods, refusing to collaborate with the authorities and later clarified its position. Now the company has gone a step further, publishing rules for determining when the U.S. request user data.

In these rules we can read how Apple will notify all who have accounts with data that have been applied, or how you can "punch" the post provided they have received a court order to do so. Instead, communications via iMessage or FaceTime can not be intercepted as they are encrypted from device to device. Calendars and any third-party application data may not be accessible through Apple, although each application will have its own policy regarding government requests.

Location data from any iOS device with GPS enabled are not saved on Apple's servers

There are other interesting details to read the text: location data iOS terminals are not saved on Apple's servers, so that can not be delivered to the authorities as much as asked. The same goes for the unlock codes the same devices.

Apple also said in the document that is prepared to work with the police at the time of recovering stolen devices, but also depends on the police use the data provided by iCloud. A rather clarifying rules, maybe put in audience by the hand of the new privacy expert hired the company last month.