Law Enforcementand Government
Requests Report
Transparency Report
H2 2021
Updated in May, 2022

How Kaspersky
works withexternal
requests
worldwideKaspersky’s approach in dealing with law
enforcement and government requests
worldwide
Pioneering with greater transparency and accountability in cybersecurity, we share our approach inresponding to requests from law enforcement and government organizations worldwide organizations foruser-data and technical expertise. Core principles in our approach clarify how we cooperate in fighting
cybercrime, so our users can be confident trusting Kaspersky cybersecurity solutions.

Core principles in responding to law enforcement andgovernment requests
No access to user dataand infrastructure

Legal verification of all requests
to ensure our compliance withapplicable laws and procedures

We never provide any law enforcement or governmentorganization with access to user data or the company’sinfrastructure.

We verify compliance of incoming requests with applicable laws
and legal procedures in countries where Kaspersky operates,
be they narrow and specific or otherwise, and we may reject orchallenge such requests.

Support to cross-border cybercrimeinvestigations by sharing technicalexpertise

Requests for encryption keys
or introducing undeclared capabilities
are and always will be declined

We help national, regional and international law enforcement
agencies by assisting in cybercrime investigations, where oursecurity experts provide technical expertise and non-personaltechnical information.

We do not provide any government, law enforcement agency orinternational organization with our encryption keys, and we do
not add undeclared capabilities in our products and services.

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Steps in responding to law enforcement and government
requests
External law enforcement agency or government organization issues and sends a request.

Kaspersky first conducts legal verification of all requests to comply with applicable domestic and international laws and legal
procedures. Requests should be:• legally justified;• issued in accordance with applicable laws and legalprocedures;• valid with the principles above;• technically feasible; and• their implementation should not affect the security
or privacy of Kaspersky’s users, or the integrityof Kaspersky’s products and services.

YESNOIf a request is approved by Kaspersky, the company
responds to it by providing the requested data and/ortechnical expertise, as outlined in our principles above.

If the request is not approved by Kaspersky, the company
proceeds further to reject or challenge the request or
ask for additional clarifications.

Where allowed by law, we give prior notice to users whose
data is requested.

All requests are logged, and information about them is made public at the Global Transparency Initiative pagehttps://www.kaspersky.com/transparency-center2

Law Enforcement and Government Requests, H2 2021
Country

Total Number of Requests

Total Number of Requests
for User Data

Total Number of Requests
for Non-Personal TechnicalInformation & Expertise

TOTAL:

101*1784

Belgium

101

Brazil

202

Chile

101

China

101

Ecuador101

France505

Germany

101

Italy

404

Japan

101

Russia78

1761

South Korea

505

Spain

10117366584

Total Number of Requests for User Data

Requests Processed and Approved

Total Number of Requests for Non-PersonalTechnical Information & Expertise

Requests Processed and Rejected(No Data Found or Not Meeting Legal
Verification Requirements)* This data was updated in May 2022 to fix a calculation error regarding the total number of requests
for non-personal technical information and expertise. No changes have been made to the statistics per country.

3Requests for Non-Personal Technical Information & Expertise
Country

Requests Processed and Approved

Requests Processed and Rejected(No Data Found or Not Meeting LegalVerification Requirements)

TOTAL:

64%

65

19%

19

Belgium

100%

10%

0

Brazil

100%

20%0

Chile

100%

10%0

China

100%

10%0Ecuador

100%

10%0France

80%

420%

1

Germany

100%

10%0Italy

100%40%0Japan

100%

10%0

Russia55%

4323%

18South Korea

100%

50%0

Spain

100%

10%0

Requests for User Data
Country

Requests Processed and Approved

Requests Processed and Rejected(No Data Found or Not Meeting Legal
Verification Requirements)

TOTAL:

0%

016%

17

Belgium

0%

00%

0

Brazil

0%

00%0

Chile

0%

00%0

China

0%

00%0Ecuador

0%00%0France

0%

00%0

Germany

0%00%0Italy

0%00%0Japan

0%

00%0

Russia0%022%

17South Korea

0%00%0Spain

0%

00%04

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