Apple wants you to know that it cares about your privacy . The emblazons billboards with catchy slogans about its robust data protection practices , criticise tech competition for their abuse of hoi polloi ’s personal selective information , and makes full-grown pronouncements about how it shield exploiter . But Apple has secrecy problem of its own .
In fact , regulators in France break water Apple $ 8.5 million for illegal information collection in early January , and the ship’s company is facing as many as four different class - legal action causa for a privacy problem Gizmodo uncovered late last year .
The company ’s business does n’t relay on mining on monetizing data point as much as rivals like Google and Meta . Still , Apple harvestslots of personal information , often in ways that you might not bear if you buy into the company ’s promise that “ what happens on your iPhone , stays on your iPhone . ” It uses that information for advertising , developing new products , and more .
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Apple did n’t remark on the disk for this story . Click through for 11 surprising ways that the company vacuums up your information and apply it for the company ’s own end .
Update , Jan. 31 , 3:04 p.m. EST : This story has been update with info about a fine against Apple from French regulators and Modern seclusion suit in the US .
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