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Privacy Policy
Your
privacy is important to Apple. So we’ve developed a Privacy Policy that covers
how we collect, use, disclose, transfer, and store your information. Please
take a moment to familiarize yourself with our privacy practices and let
us know if you have any questions.
Collection and Use of Personal Information
Personal information is data that can be used to uniquely identify or contact a
single person.
You may be asked to provide your personal information anytime you are in
contact with Apple or an Apple affiliated company. Apple and its affiliates may
share this personal information with each other and use it consistent with this
Privacy Policy. They may also combine it with other information to provide and
improve our products, services, content, and advertising.
Here are some examples of the types of personal information Apple may collect
and how we may use it.
What Personal Information we Collect
▪ When you create an Apple ID, register your products, apply for commercial
credit, purchase a product, download a software update, register for a class at
an Apple Retail Store, or participate in an online survey, we may collect a
variety of information, including your name, mailing address, phone number,
email address, contact preferences, and credit card information.
▪ When you share your content with family and friends using Apple products,
send gift certificates and products, or invite others to join you on Apple
forums, Apple may collect the information you provide about those people such
as name, mailing address, email address, and phone number.
▪ In the U.S., we may ask for your Social Security number (SSN) but only in
limited circumstances such as when setting up a wireless account and activating
your iPhone or when determining whether to extend commercial credit.
How we use your personal information
▪ The personal information we collect allows us to keep you posted on Apple’s
latest product announcements, software updates, and upcoming events. It also
helps us to improve our services, content, and advertising. If you don’t want
to be on our mailing list, you can opt out anytime by updating your
preferences.
▪ We also use personal information to help us develop, deliver, and improve our
products, services, content, and advertising.
▪ From time to time, we may use your personal information to send important
notices, such as communications about purchases and changes to our terms,
conditions, and policies. Because this information is important to your
interaction with Apple, you may not opt out of receiving these communications.
▪ We may also use personal information for internal purposes such as auditing,
data analysis, and research to improve Apple’s products, services, and customer
communications.
▪ If you enter into a sweepstake, contest, or similar promotion we may use the
information you provide to administer those programs.
Collection and Use of Non-Personal Information
We also collect non-personal information − data in a form that does not permit
direct association with any specific individual. We may collect, use, transfer,
and disclose non-personal information for any purpose. The following are some
examples of non-personal information that we collect and how we may use it:
▪ We may collect information such as occupation, language, zip code, area code,
unique device identifier, location, and the time zone where an Apple product is
used so that we can better understand customer behavior and improve our
products, services, and advertising.
▪ We also may collect information regarding customer activities on our website,
iCloud and MobileMe services, and iTunes Store and from our other products and
services. This information is aggregated and used to help us provide more useful
information to our customers and to understand which parts of our website,
products, and services are of most interest. Aggregated data is considered
non-personal information for the purposes of this Privacy Policy.
If we do combine non-personal information with personal information the
combined information will be treated as personal information for as long as it
remains combined.
Cookies and Other Technologies
Apple’s website, online services, interactive applications, email messages, and
advertisements may use “cookies” and other technologies such as pixel tags and
web beacons. These technologies help us better understand user behavior, tell
us which parts of our website people have visited, and facilitate and measure
the effectiveness of advertisements and web searches. We treat information
collected by cookies and other technologies as non-personal information.
However, to the extent that Internet Protocol (IP) addresses or similar
identifiers are considered personal information by local law, we also treat
these identifiers as personal information. Similarly, to the extent that
non-personal information is combined with personal information, we treat the
combined information as personal information for the purposes of this Privacy
Policy.
Apple and its partners use cookies and other technologies in mobile advertising
services to control the number of times you see a given ad, deliver ads that
relate to your interests, and measure the effectiveness of ad campaigns. If you
do not want to receive ads with this level of relevance on your mobile device,
you can opt out by accessing the following link on your device: http://oo.apple.com. If you opt out, you will
continue to receive the same number of mobile ads, but they may be less
relevant because they will not be based on your interests. You may still see
ads related to the content on a web page or in an application or based on other
non-personal information. This opt-out applies only to Apple advertising
services and does not affect interest-based advertising from other advertising
networks.
Apple and our partners also use cookies and other technologies to remember
personal information when you use our website, online services, and
applications. Our goal in these cases is to make your experience with Apple
more convenient and personal. For example, knowing your first name lets us
welcome you the next time you visit the Apple Online Store. Knowing your
country and language − and if you are an educator, your school − helps us
provide a customized and more useful shopping experience. Knowing someone using
your computer or device has shopped for a certain product or used a particular
service helps us make our advertising and email communications more relevant to
your interests. And knowing your contact information, product serial numbers,
and information about your computer or device helps us register your products,
personalize your operating system, set up your iCloud service, and provide you
with better customer service.
If you want to disable cookies and you’re using the Safari web browser, go to
Safari preferences and then to the privacy pane to disable cookies. On your
Apple mobile device, go to Settings, then Safari, and then to the Cookies
section. For other browsers, check with your provider to find out how to
disable cookies. Please note that certain features of the Apple website will
not be available once cookies are disabled.
As is true of most websites, we gather some information automatically and store
it in log files. This information includes Internet Protocol (IP) addresses,
browser type and language, Internet service provider (ISP), referring and exit
pages, operating system, date/time stamp, and clickstream data.
We use this information to understand and analyze trends, to administer the
site, to learn about user behavior on the site, and to gather demographic
information about our user base as a whole. Apple may use this information in
our marketing and advertising services.
In some of our email messages, we use a “click-through URL” linked to content
on the Apple website. When customers click one of these URLs, they pass through
a separate web server before arriving at the destination page on our website.
We track this click-through data to help us determine interest in particular
topics and measure the effectiveness of our customer communications. If you
prefer not to be tracked in this way, you should not click text or graphic
links in the email messages.
Pixel tags enable us to send email messages in a format customers can read, and
they tell us whether mail has been opened. We may use this information to
reduce or eliminate messages sent to customers.
Disclosure to Third Parties
At times Apple may make certain personal information available to strategic
partners that work with Apple to provide products and services, or that help
Apple market to customers. For example, when you purchase and activate your
iPhone, you authorize Apple and its carrier to exchange the information you
provide during the activation process to carry out service. If you are approved
for service, your account will be governed by Apple and its carrier’s
respective privacy policies. Personal information will only be shared by Apple
to provide or improve our products, services and advertising; it will not be shared
with third parties for their marketing purposes.
Service Providers
Apple shares personal information with companies who provide services such as
information processing, extending credit, fulfilling customer orders,
delivering products to you, managing and enhancing customer data, providing
customer service, assessing your interest in our products and services, and
conducting customer research or satisfaction surveys. These companies are
obligated to protect your information and may be located wherever Apple
operates.
Others
It may be necessary − by law, legal process, litigation, and/or requests from
public and governmental authorities within or outside your country of residence
− for Apple to disclose your personal information. We may also disclose information
about you if we determine that for purposes of national security, law
enforcement, or other issues of public importance, disclosure is necessary or
appropriate.
We may also disclose information about you if we determine that disclosure is
reasonably necessary to enforce our terms and conditions or protect our
operations or users. Additionally, in the event of a reorganization, merger, or
sale we may transfer any and all personal information we collect to the
relevant third party.
Protection of Personal Information
Apple takes precautions — including administrative, technical, and physical
measures — to safeguard your personal information against loss, theft, and
misuse, as well as against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and
destruction.
Apple online services such as the Apple Online Store and iTunes Store use
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption on all web pages where personal
information is collected. To make purchases from these services, you must use
an SSL-enabled browser such as Safari, Firefox, or Internet Explorer. Doing so
protects the confidentiality of your personal information while it’s
transmitted over the Internet.
When you use some Apple products, services, or applications or post on an Apple
forum, chat room, or social networking service, the personal information you
share is visible to other users and can be read, collected, or used by them.
You are responsible for the personal information you choose to submit in these
instances. For example, if you list your name and email address in a forum
posting, that information is public. Please take care when using these
features.
Integrity and Retention of Personal Information
Apple makes it easy for you to keep your personal information accurate,
complete, and up to date. We will retain your personal information for the
period necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy unless
a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.
Access to Personal Information
You can help ensure that your contact information and preferences are accurate,
complete, and up to date by logging in to your account at https://appleid.apple.com/. For other
personal information, we make good faith efforts to provide you with access so
you can request that we correct the data if it is inaccurate or delete the data
if Apple is not required to retain it by law or for legitimate business
purposes. We may decline to process requests that are unreasonably repetitive,
require disproportionate technical effort, jeopardize the privacy of others,
are extremely impractical, or for which access is not otherwise required by
local law. Access, correction, or deletion requests can be made through the
regional Privacy Contact Form.
Children
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 except
where a parent has set up an Apple ID for their child through the Apple ID for
Students program and provided Apple with verified parental consent. Learn more (include link) about the Apple ID
for Students program and device parental controls (include link). If we learn that we have collected the
personal information of a child under 13 without first receiving verifiable
parental consent we will take steps to delete the information as soon as
possible.
Location-Based Services
To provide location-based services on Apple products, Apple and our partners
and licensees may collect, use, and share precise location data, including the
real-time geographic location of your Apple computer or device. This location
data is collected anonymously in a form that does not personally identify you
and is used by Apple and our partners and licensees to provide and improve
location-based products and services. For example, we may share geographic
location with application providers when you opt in to their location services.
Some location-based services offered by Apple, such as the “Find My iPhone”
feature, require your personal information for the feature to work.
Third-Party Sites and Services
Apple websites, products, applications, and services may contain links to
third-party websites, products, and services. Our products and services may
also use or offer products or services from third parties − for example, a
third-party iPhone app. Information collected by third parties, which may
include such things as location data or contact details, is governed by their
privacy practices. We encourage you to learn about the privacy practices of
those third parties.
International Users
Information you provide may be transferred or accessed by entities around the
world as described in this Privacy Policy. Apple abides by the “safe harbor”
frameworks set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the
collection, use, and retention of personal information collected by
organizations in the European Economic Area and Switzerland. Learn more about
the U.S. Department of Commerce Safe Harbor Program.
Please note that personal information regarding individuals who reside in a
member state of the European Economic Area (EEA) is controlled by Apple
Distribution International in Cork, Ireland, and processed on its behalf by
Apple Inc. Personal information collected in the EEA when using iTunes is
controlled by iTunes SARL in Luxembourg and processed on its behalf by Apple
Inc.
Our Companywide Commitment to Your Privacy
To make sure your personal information is secure, we communicate our privacy
and security guidelines to Apple employees and strictly enforce privacy
safeguards within the company.
Privacy Questions
If you have any questions or concerns about Apple’s Privacy Policy or data
processing, please contact us.
Apple may update its Privacy Policy from time to time. When we change the
policy in a material way, a notice will be posted on our website along
with the updated Privacy Policy.
Apple Inc. 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, California, USA, 95014
Last updated: August 1, 2013
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Privacy Policy
Your
privacy is important to Apple. So we’ve developed a Privacy Policy that covers
how we collect, use, disclose, transfer, and store your information. Please
take a moment to familiarize yourself with our privacy practices and let
us know if you have any questions.
Collection and Use of Personal Information
Personal information is data that can be used to uniquely identify or contact a
single person.
You may be asked to provide your personal information anytime you are in
contact with Apple or an Apple affiliated company. Apple and its affiliates may
share this personal information with each other and use it consistent with this
Privacy Policy. They may also combine it with other information to provide and
improve our products, services, content, and advertising.
Here are some examples of the types of personal information Apple may collect
and how we may use it.
What Personal Information we Collect
▪ When you create an Apple ID, register your products, apply for commercial
credit, purchase a product, download a software update, register for a class at
an Apple Retail Store, or participate in an online survey, we may collect a
variety of information, including your name, mailing address, phone number,
email address, contact preferences, and credit card information.
▪ When you share your content with family and friends using Apple products,
send gift certificates and products, or invite others to join you on Apple
forums, Apple may collect the information you provide about those people such
as name, mailing address, email address, and phone number.
▪ In the U.S., we may ask for your Social Security number (SSN) but only in
limited circumstances such as when setting up a wireless account and activating
your iPhone or when determining whether to extend commercial credit.
How we use your personal information
▪ The personal information we collect allows us to keep you posted on Apple’s
latest product announcements, software updates, and upcoming events. It also
helps us to improve our services, content, and advertising. If you don’t want
to be on our mailing list, you can opt out anytime by updating your
preferences.
▪ We also use personal information to help us develop, deliver, and improve our
products, services, content, and advertising.
▪ From time to time, we may use your personal information to send important
notices, such as communications about purchases and changes to our terms,
conditions, and policies. Because this information is important to your
interaction with Apple, you may not opt out of receiving these communications.
▪ We may also use personal information for internal purposes such as auditing,
data analysis, and research to improve Apple’s products, services, and customer
communications.
▪ If you enter into a sweepstake, contest, or similar promotion we may use the
information you provide to administer those programs.
Collection and Use of Non-Personal Information
We also collect non-personal information − data in a form that does not permit
direct association with any specific individual. We may collect, use, transfer,
and disclose non-personal information for any purpose. The following are some
examples of non-personal information that we collect and how we may use it:
▪ We may collect information such as occupation, language, zip code, area code,
unique device identifier, location, and the time zone where an Apple product is
used so that we can better understand customer behavior and improve our
products, services, and advertising.
▪ We also may collect information regarding customer activities on our website,
iCloud and MobileMe services, and iTunes Store and from our other products and
services. This information is aggregated and used to help us provide more useful
information to our customers and to understand which parts of our website,
products, and services are of most interest. Aggregated data is considered
non-personal information for the purposes of this Privacy Policy.
If we do combine non-personal information with personal information the
combined information will be treated as personal information for as long as it
remains combined.
Cookies and Other Technologies
Apple’s website, online services, interactive applications, email messages, and
advertisements may use “cookies” and other technologies such as pixel tags and
web beacons. These technologies help us better understand user behavior, tell
us which parts of our website people have visited, and facilitate and measure
the effectiveness of advertisements and web searches. We treat information
collected by cookies and other technologies as non-personal information.
However, to the extent that Internet Protocol (IP) addresses or similar
identifiers are considered personal information by local law, we also treat
these identifiers as personal information. Similarly, to the extent that
non-personal information is combined with personal information, we treat the
combined information as personal information for the purposes of this Privacy
Policy.
Apple and its partners use cookies and other technologies in mobile advertising
services to control the number of times you see a given ad, deliver ads that
relate to your interests, and measure the effectiveness of ad campaigns. If you
do not want to receive ads with this level of relevance on your mobile device,
you can opt out by accessing the following link on your device: http://oo.apple.com. If you opt out, you will
continue to receive the same number of mobile ads, but they may be less
relevant because they will not be based on your interests. You may still see
ads related to the content on a web page or in an application or based on other
non-personal information. This opt-out applies only to Apple advertising
services and does not affect interest-based advertising from other advertising
networks.
Apple and our partners also use cookies and other technologies to remember
personal information when you use our website, online services, and
applications. Our goal in these cases is to make your experience with Apple
more convenient and personal. For example, knowing your first name lets us
welcome you the next time you visit the Apple Online Store. Knowing your
country and language − and if you are an educator, your school − helps us
provide a customized and more useful shopping experience. Knowing someone using
your computer or device has shopped for a certain product or used a particular
service helps us make our advertising and email communications more relevant to
your interests. And knowing your contact information, product serial numbers,
and information about your computer or device helps us register your products,
personalize your operating system, set up your iCloud service, and provide you
with better customer service.
If you want to disable cookies and you’re using the Safari web browser, go to
Safari preferences and then to the privacy pane to disable cookies. On your
Apple mobile device, go to Settings, then Safari, and then to the Cookies
section. For other browsers, check with your provider to find out how to
disable cookies. Please note that certain features of the Apple website will
not be available once cookies are disabled.
As is true of most websites, we gather some information automatically and store
it in log files. This information includes Internet Protocol (IP) addresses,
browser type and language, Internet service provider (ISP), referring and exit
pages, operating system, date/time stamp, and clickstream data.
We use this information to understand and analyze trends, to administer the
site, to learn about user behavior on the site, and to gather demographic
information about our user base as a whole. Apple may use this information in
our marketing and advertising services.
In some of our email messages, we use a “click-through URL” linked to content
on the Apple website. When customers click one of these URLs, they pass through
a separate web server before arriving at the destination page on our website.
We track this click-through data to help us determine interest in particular
topics and measure the effectiveness of our customer communications. If you
prefer not to be tracked in this way, you should not click text or graphic
links in the email messages.
Pixel tags enable us to send email messages in a format customers can read, and
they tell us whether mail has been opened. We may use this information to
reduce or eliminate messages sent to customers.
Disclosure to Third Parties
At times Apple may make certain personal information available to strategic
partners that work with Apple to provide products and services, or that help
Apple market to customers. For example, when you purchase and activate your
iPhone, you authorize Apple and its carrier to exchange the information you
provide during the activation process to carry out service. If you are approved
for service, your account will be governed by Apple and its carrier’s
respective privacy policies. Personal information will only be shared by Apple
to provide or improve our products, services and advertising; it will not be shared
with third parties for their marketing purposes.
Service Providers
Apple shares personal information with companies who provide services such as
information processing, extending credit, fulfilling customer orders,
delivering products to you, managing and enhancing customer data, providing
customer service, assessing your interest in our products and services, and
conducting customer research or satisfaction surveys. These companies are
obligated to protect your information and may be located wherever Apple
operates.
Others
It may be necessary − by law, legal process, litigation, and/or requests from
public and governmental authorities within or outside your country of residence
− for Apple to disclose your personal information. We may also disclose information
about you if we determine that for purposes of national security, law
enforcement, or other issues of public importance, disclosure is necessary or
appropriate.
We may also disclose information about you if we determine that disclosure is
reasonably necessary to enforce our terms and conditions or protect our
operations or users. Additionally, in the event of a reorganization, merger, or
sale we may transfer any and all personal information we collect to the
relevant third party.
Protection of Personal Information
Apple takes precautions — including administrative, technical, and physical
measures — to safeguard your personal information against loss, theft, and
misuse, as well as against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and
destruction.
Apple online services such as the Apple Online Store and iTunes Store use
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption on all web pages where personal
information is collected. To make purchases from these services, you must use
an SSL-enabled browser such as Safari, Firefox, or Internet Explorer. Doing so
protects the confidentiality of your personal information while it’s
transmitted over the Internet.
When you use some Apple products, services, or applications or post on an Apple
forum, chat room, or social networking service, the personal information you
share is visible to other users and can be read, collected, or used by them.
You are responsible for the personal information you choose to submit in these
instances. For example, if you list your name and email address in a forum
posting, that information is public. Please take care when using these
features.
Integrity and Retention of Personal Information
Apple makes it easy for you to keep your personal information accurate,
complete, and up to date. We will retain your personal information for the
period necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy unless
a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.
Access to Personal Information
You can help ensure that your contact information and preferences are accurate,
complete, and up to date by logging in to your account at https://appleid.apple.com/. For other
personal information, we make good faith efforts to provide you with access so
you can request that we correct the data if it is inaccurate or delete the data
if Apple is not required to retain it by law or for legitimate business
purposes. We may decline to process requests that are unreasonably repetitive,
require disproportionate technical effort, jeopardize the privacy of others,
are extremely impractical, or for which access is not otherwise required by
local law. Access, correction, or deletion requests can be made through the
regional Privacy Contact Form.
Children
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 except
where a parent has set up an Apple ID for their child through the Apple ID for
Students program and provided Apple with verified parental consent. Learn more (include link) about the Apple ID
for Students program and device parental controls (include link). If we learn that we have collected the
personal information of a child under 13 without first receiving verifiable
parental consent we will take steps to delete the information as soon as
possible.
Location-Based Services
To provide location-based services on Apple products, Apple and our partners
and licensees may collect, use, and share precise location data, including the
real-time geographic location of your Apple computer or device. This location
data is collected anonymously in a form that does not personally identify you
and is used by Apple and our partners and licensees to provide and improve
location-based products and services. For example, we may share geographic
location with application providers when you opt in to their location services.
Some location-based services offered by Apple, such as the “Find My iPhone”
feature, require your personal information for the feature to work.
Third-Party Sites and Services
Apple websites, products, applications, and services may contain links to
third-party websites, products, and services. Our products and services may
also use or offer products or services from third parties − for example, a
third-party iPhone app. Information collected by third parties, which may
include such things as location data or contact details, is governed by their
privacy practices. We encourage you to learn about the privacy practices of
those third parties.
International Users
Information you provide may be transferred or accessed by entities around the
world as described in this Privacy Policy. Apple abides by the “safe harbor”
frameworks set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the
collection, use, and retention of personal information collected by
organizations in the European Economic Area and Switzerland. Learn more about
the U.S. Department of Commerce Safe Harbor Program.
Please note that personal information regarding individuals who reside in a
member state of the European Economic Area (EEA) is controlled by Apple
Distribution International in Cork, Ireland, and processed on its behalf by
Apple Inc. Personal information collected in the EEA when using iTunes is
controlled by iTunes SARL in Luxembourg and processed on its behalf by Apple
Inc.
Our Companywide Commitment to Your Privacy
To make sure your personal information is secure, we communicate our privacy
and security guidelines to Apple employees and strictly enforce privacy
safeguards within the company.
Privacy Questions
If you have any questions or concerns about Apple’s Privacy Policy or data
processing, please contact us.
Apple may update its Privacy Policy from time to time. When we change the
policy in a material way, a notice will be posted on our website along
with the updated Privacy Policy.
Apple Inc. 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, California, USA, 95014
Last updated: August 1, 2013
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. This post has been scraped in violation of that license if you are reading this post on other than http://www.digital-qa.blogspot.com/.