Yahoo Received 12,000Plus Requests for User Data from Agencies in 6 Months

Following in the footsteps of Apple, which released a statement about privacy yesterday, Yahoo now released a similar statement, disclosing the number of requests for user data from government agencies the company has received

According to Yahoo, law enforcement agencies made between 12,000 and 13,000 requests for user data between December 1, 2012 and May 31, 2013. The most common of these requests, claims Yahoo, concerned "fraud, homicides, kidnappings, and other criminal investigations."

Yahoo also vowed to issue its first "global law enforcement transparency report" later this summer. The report will be refreshed with current data twice a year