{"id":1141,"date":"2010-07-02T17:31:16","date_gmt":"2010-07-03T01:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=1141"},"modified":"2010-07-02T17:47:50","modified_gmt":"2010-07-03T01:47:50","slug":"update-to-itunes-comes-with-privacy-fibs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.identityblog.com\/?p=1141","title":{"rendered":"Update to iTunes comes with privacy fibs"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few days ago I reported that from now on, to get into\u00a0the iPhone App store you\u00a0must allow Apple\u00a0to\u00a0share\u00a0your\u00a0phone or\u00a0tablet\u00a0device fingerprints and detailed, dynamic location information\u00a0with anyone it pleases.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0No chance to vet the purposes for which\u00a0your location data is being\u00a0used.\u00a0 No way to know who it is going to.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As incredible as it sounds in 2010, no user control.\u00a0 Not even \u00a0transparency.\u00a0 Just one thing is for sure.\u00a0 If privacy isn't dead,\u00a0Apple is now amongst those\u00a0trying to bury it alive.<\/p>\n

Then today,\u00a0just when I thought Apple had gone as far\u00a0as it\u00a0could go in this particular direction,\u00a0a new version of iTunes\u00a0wanted to install itself on my\u00a0laptop.\u00a0 What do you know?\u00a0 It had a new privacy policy too…\u00a0<\/p>\n

The\u00a0new iTunes policy\u00a0was snappier than the iPhone policy – it came to the point – sort of – in the 5th paragraph rather than the 37th page!<\/p>\n

5. iTunes Store and other Services.\u00a0 This software enables access to Apple's iTunes Store which offers downloads of music for sale and other services (collectively and individually, “Services”). Use of the Services requires Internet access and use of certain Services requires you to accept additional terms of service which will be presented to you before you can use such Services.<\/p>\n

By using this software in connection with an iTunes Store account, you agree to the latest iTunes Store Terms of Service, which you may access and review from the home page of the iTunes Store.<\/em><\/p>\n

I shuddered.\u00a0 Mind bend!\u00a0\u00a0A level of indirection in a privacy policy!\u00a0<\/p>\n

Imagine:\u00a0 “Our privacy policy is that you need to read another privacy policy.”\u00a0 This makes\u00a0it\u00a0much\u00a0more likely that people will figure out what they're getting into, don't you think?\u00a0\u00a0Besides,\u00a0it is a really<\/em> novel <\/em>application of the\u00a0proposition that all problems of computer science can be solved through a level of indirection!\u00a0 Bravo!<\/p>\n

\"\"But\u00a0then – the coup de grace.\u00a0 The privacy policy to which\u00a0Apple\u00a0redirects you is… are you ready…\u00a0the same one we came across a few days ago at the App Store!\u00a0 So once again you need to get to the equivalent of page 37 of 45 to read:<\/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