Last month we you informed about the letter that American lawmakers sent to Tim Cookovi. In it, they demanded answers to specific questions regarding the possible collection of users' personal data. Yesterday Apple In a letter, the company officially responded to this news. In the introduction, the company reiterated its position on personal data as a fundamental human right and added that, unlike other companies, the business model is not Applu dependent on collecting identifiable information about users.
"V AppWe believe that privacy is a fundamental human right and intentionally design all of our products and services to minimize the collection of user data. mini"When we collect data, we are very transparent about it and we do it in a way that is separate from the specific user. The customer is not our product and our business strategy is not dependent on collecting large amounts of personally identifiable data."
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When asking about location data Apple replied that the customer always has control over sharing their location data. This is true for services Applu and third-party applications. Another question was about the "Hey Siri". Congress was concerned whether the device was collecting audio data in which they try the phrase "Hey Siri" recognize.
"Everything that concerns Siri, is sent to the company Apple and processed in accordance with the privacy policy. Whenever the Hey feature is Siri reset, Apple will remove all information that is currently associated with the function."
Apple sent this letter to US lawmakers:
The letter from the legislature also mentioned concern about the function that comes with the system iOS 12. This will allow the called party to collect detailed location information when calling the emergency line.
"iPhone, on which the feature is enabled, will share with RapidSOS the estimated longitude and latitude, phone number, and cellular network. This will happen in situations such as when the user calls the police or an ambulance.anci. At the same time, we will require the data to be deleted within 12 hours.”
A letter from the legislature with questions about the handling of personal data was also sent to Google, in whose case there were many more questions. Full response Applu in the form of a 19-page document you can read here.
