“Your private personal data is not used to train our foundational AI models.”
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The clause establishes a restriction on a specific and increasingly prominent use of personal data — AI model training — limiting it with respect to private personal data and Apple App Store's foundational models.
Interpretive note: The clause specifies 'private personal data' and 'foundational AI models' — these qualifiers are preserved exactly. The clause does not address non-private data or non-foundational models.
Users' private personal data is not used by Apple App Store to train its foundational AI models.
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"Your private personal data is not used to train our foundational AI models.Excerpt from Apple App Store's Apple Privacy Policy
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The clause establishes a restriction on a specific and increasingly prominent use of personal data — AI model training — limiting it with respect to private personal data and Apple App Store's foundational models.
Users' private personal data is not used by Apple App Store to train its foundational AI models.
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