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Apple is now requiring that U.S. law enforcement agencies obtain a court order for information on its customers’ push notifications.

<div><div><div><p><span><strong>WASHINGTON (NEWSnet/AP)</strong> — Apple is now requiring that U.S. law enforcement agencies obtain a court order for information on its customers’ push notifications. </span></p></div></div>
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<div><div><p><span>Push notifications alert smartphone users to breaking news alerts, incoming messages, weather bulletins and other content.<span>  </span>The alerts that iPhone apps send users can reveal extensive detail about online activity.</span></p></div></div>
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<div><div><p><span>The policy shift was not formally announced, but appeared in an updated version of Apple’s law enforcement guidelines, posted online.</span></p></div></div>

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<div><div><p><span>Apple’s main competitor in mobile operating systems, Google, already had such a policy in place for its Android system.</span></p></div></div>
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<div><div><p><span>Last week, Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden said his office had received a tip that government agencies in foreign countries were demanding smartphone push notification data from both Google and Apple. Wyden did not identify the governments involved.</span></p></div></div>
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