{"id":1136,"date":"2010-06-26T07:08:25","date_gmt":"2010-06-26T15:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=1136"},"modified":"2010-06-26T07:14:32","modified_gmt":"2010-06-26T15:14:32","slug":"apple-giving-out-your-iphone-fingerprints-and-location","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.identityblog.com\/?p=1136","title":{"rendered":"Apple giving out your iPhone fingerprints and location"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"I went to the\u00a0Apple App store\u00a0a few days ago to download a new iPhone application.\u00a0\u00a0I\u00a0expected that\u00a0this would be as straightforward as it had been in the past:\u00a0choose a title, click on pay, and\u00a0presto – a new application\u00a0becomes available.<\/p>\n

No such luck.\u00a0 Apple had changed it's privacy policy, and I was taken to\u00a0the screen at right,\u00a0\u00a0To proceed I had to “read and accept the new Terms and Conditions”.\u00a0 I pressed OK and up came page 1 of a new\u00a045 page “privacy” policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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I would assume “normal people” would say “uncle” and “click approve” around page 3.\u00a0 But\u00a0in light of what is happening in the industry around location services\u00a0I kept reading the tiny, unsearchable, unzoomable print.<\/p>\n

And there\u00a0– on\u00a0page 37 –\u00a0you come to\u00a0“the news”.\u00a0\u00a0Apple's new “privacy” policy <\/a>reveals that if you use Apple products\u00a0Apple can disclose your device fingerprints and location\u00a0to whomever it chooses\u00a0and for whatever purpose:<\/em><\/p>\n

Collection and Use of Non-Personal Information<\/strong><\/p>\n

We also collect non-personal information\u00a0– 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<\/strong>. The following are some examples of non-personal information that we collect and how we may use it:<\/p>\n