Verizon to Disclose Law Enforcement Requests for Customer Data

Bloomberg: Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ), taking action amid pressure from shareholders, said it will begin providing information on requests law-enforcement officials make for customer data.

The second-largest U.S. phone company will begin early next year with a report on 2013 requests in the U.S. and other countries where it operates, it said today in a statement. Subsequent disclosures will follow every six months. While the information will include police and U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation requests, it will leave out U.S. National Security Agency queries.

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