Law enforcement demands for Verizon customer data jumped 5% from 2017

Verizon disclosed today that it received a total of 139,659 subpoenas, orders, warrants and emergency requests from law enforcement agencies during the second half of 2018. The total number of requests was down nearly 4% from the first half of the year; however, warrants and emergency requests from law enforcement were both up from the previous period.
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