Dropbox released another transparency report on Thursday and announced that moving forward, it will do so every six months in an effort to keep the public informed of its interactions with authorities.
Bart Volkmer, a lawyer with the company, revealed in a blog post that Dropbox had received 268 request for user information from law enforcement agencies between January and June of this year. In addition, while he hasn’t specified an exact number due to restrictions, the Dropbox representative said there had been 0-249 national security requests.
The company received a total of 120 search warrants and provided content (files stored in users’ accounts) and non-content (subscriber information) in 103 cases. In response to 109 subpoenas, the company hasn’t provided law enforcement with any content, but it has produced subscriber details in 89 cases. While many of the requests came from the United States, the report shows that there have been a total of 37 requests from agencies in other countries.
