Microsoft as a whole remains broadly in line with industry averages in data releases     



From V3:

Microsoft has revealed the extent of government requests for data for the first six months of this year, with 66,539 of the company's user accounts requested for scrutiny.

Skype, which is owned by Microsoft, received 3,509 requests worldwide for customer information relating to 10,585 accounts, with 82 percent of those requests resulting in some data being handed over.

  Microsoft reveals no Skype call data handed to government agencies