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Rogers sees customer data requests fall by more than 27,000

TORONTO - Rogers received 86,328 requests for customer data from federal agencies in 2015, down 27,327 from the 113,655 requests received in 2014, the company disclosed Thursday in its third Transparency Report.Rogers said that the fluctuation is mostly due to "external factors", such as the number of investigations that need to be conducted by law enforcement agencies.  The company said that it received requests from federal agencies like the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Canadian Security Intelligence Service, Canada Border Services Agency, and Canada Revenue Agency, as well as provincial and municipal agencies like police forces and coroners.For the first time,...