The American Civil Liberties Union said Wednesday it has uncovered 63 confirmed cases in which federal agencies have sought court orders to force Apple or Google to unlock phones to gain access to data.

The ACLU posted a blog and an interactive map of the U.S. to show where the cases were filed.

The group gleaned the information through Freedom of Information requests that it filed jointly with the Stanford Center for Internet and Society. The interactive map will be updated as more cases are uncovered, according to the blog by ACLU attorney Eliza Sweren-Becker.

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