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“does not share user or device data with data brokers.”
“Apple's advertising platform does not track you, meaning that it does not link user or device data collected from our apps with user or device data collected from third parties for targeted advertising...”
“Apple does not sell your personal data including as "sale" is defined in Nevada and California. Apple also does not "share" your personal data as that term is defined in California.”
“Apple does not share personal data with third parties for their own marketing purposes.”
“if you ask us to delete your transaction data and Apple is legally obligated to keep a record of that transaction to comply with law”
“From time to time, we may use your personal data to send important notices, such as communications about purchases and changes to our terms, conditions, and policies. Because this information is important to...”
Apple App Store's privacy policy explains what data it collects about you, how it uses that data, and what rights you have over it. Apple does not sell your personal data, share it for others' marketing, or connect it with third-party data to target you with ads. You have rights to access, correct, and delete your data, though Apple may keep transaction records it is legally required to retain.
This document establishes Apple App Store's data collection, usage, sharing, and user rights practices with respect to personal data. Apple App Store collects broad behavioral and diagnostic data from users but maintains firm restrictions on its use: it does not sell or share personal data for third-party marketing, does not share data with data brokers through its advertising platform, and does not link first-party app data with third-party data for targeted advertising. Users are afforded rights to know, access, correct, transfer, restrict processing of, and delete their personal data, subject to a legal-compliance exception for transaction data retention. The document also establishes that human review remains available for any algorithmically driven decision that would significantly affect a user, and that private personal data is not used to train Apple App Store's foundational AI models.
As a user, your behavioral data — including app launches, browsing history, search history, and diagnostic data — is collected by Apple App Store, but it is not sold, shared with data brokers, or used to build a cross-context advertising profile combining Apple's data with third-party sources. You have the right to know, access, correct, transfer, restrict the processing of, and delete your personal data, though deletion requests for transaction data can be denied when Apple App Store is legally obligated to retain those records. Apple App Store will contact you directly — if it has your data on file — at least one week before any material change to this privacy policy takes effect, giving you a defined window to review those changes. You cannot opt out of important notices Apple App Store sends using your personal data.
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“does not share user or device data with data brokers.”
“Apple's advertising platform does not track you, meaning that it does not link user or device data collected from our apps with user or device data collected from third parties for targeted advertising...”
“Apple does not sell your personal data including as "sale" is defined in Nevada and California. Apple also does not "share" your personal data as that term is defined in California.”
“Apple does not share personal data with third parties for their own marketing purposes.”
“if you ask us to delete your transaction data and Apple is legally obligated to keep a record of that transaction to comply with law”
“From time to time, we may use your personal data to send important notices, such as communications about purchases and changes to our terms, conditions, and policies. Because this information is important to...”
“When there is a material change to this Privacy Policy, we'll post a notice on this website at least a week in advance of doing so and contact you directly about the change if we have your data on file.”
“Apple does not use algorithms or profiling to make any decision that would significantly affect you without the opportunity for human review.”
“Your private personal data is not used to train our foundational AI models.”
“we respect your ability to know, access, correct, transfer, restrict the processing of, and delete your personal data.”
“Data about your activity on and use of our offerings, such as app launches within our services, including browsing history; search history; product interaction; crash data, performance and other diagnostic data...”
“If you purchase a third-party subscription from the App Store or within Apple News, we create a Subscriber ID that is unique to you and the developer or publisher. The Subscriber ID may be used to provide reports to the …”
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