Microsoft has released its second report on the requests made by the governments for users information. The report covers the period from January to June 2013 and includes information on data requests relating to all of Microsoft’s online and cloud services, including Skype.

According to Microsoft, the company (including Skype) received 37,196 requests from law enforcement agencies, which potentially impacts 66,539 accounts in the first six months of this year. About 77 percent of data requests led to the disclosure of “non-content data”.

The report also points out “over 73% of requests coming from five countries, the United States, Turkey, Germany, the United Kingdom, and France”. For Skype, the requests similarly concentrated with four nations namely, the US, UK, France and Germany, which account for more than 70 percent of requests.

While we see requests from a large number of countries, when you look at the overall number, the requests are fairly concentrated with over 73% of requests coming from five countries, the United States, Turkey, Germany, the United Kingdom, and France. For Skype the requests were similarly concentrated, with four countries, the US, UK, France and Germany, accounting for over 70 percent of requests.