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“Apple Intelligence is designed to deliver personal intelligence without Apple collecting your personal data.”
“The data sent to and returned by Private Cloud Compute is not stored or made accessible to Apple.”
“The data is processed only to fulfill your request, after which point the results are returned securely to your device and are not retained by Private Cloud Compute.”
“Apple can use this data to understand how to improve Apple Intelligence features without collecting individual user data or content.”
“Apple Intelligence uses information on your device including across your apps, like your upcoming calendar events and your frequently used apps.”
“When your device sends a request to Private Cloud Compute, Apple only collects limited information about the request, such as the approximate size of the request and response, which features are used for the request, and how long the request takes to complete.”
Apple Intelligence is built to handle your personal requests without Apple collecting your personal data, running as much as possible on your own device. When tasks require cloud processing, your data is used only to answer your request and is not stored by Apple afterward. You control whether Apple collects even aggregated trend data about your usage through a setting you can turn off at any time.
This document establishes the privacy architecture of Apple Intelligence, grounding its design in a stated principle that personal intelligence is delivered without Apple collecting personal data. On-device processing is the preferred mode, and where cloud processing is required, Private Cloud Compute transmits only data relevant to the request, processes it solely to fulfill that request, retains nothing, and makes no data accessible to Apple. The limited metadata collected about Private Cloud Compute requests is scoped to approximate size, features used, and duration — explicitly excluding request or result content — and is neither identifiable nor linked to a user's Apple Account. Aggregated feature improvement and Device Analytics collection are conditioned on privacy-preserving techniques and, for Device Analytics, on user opt-in, with a user-accessible setting to disable that sharing at any time.
As a user, Apple Intelligence processes your on-device information — such as calendar events and frequently used apps — locally whenever possible, with cloud processing limited to only what is relevant to your specific request, after which nothing is retained by Apple. The metadata Apple does collect about cloud requests contains no content from your request or result and cannot be linked back to your identity or Apple Account. If you have opted in to Device Analytics sharing and wish to stop it, you can disable it at any time on your iOS, iPadOS, or visionOS device through Settings > Privacy & Security > Analytics & Improvements.
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“Apple Intelligence is designed to deliver personal intelligence without Apple collecting your personal data.”
“The data sent to and returned by Private Cloud Compute is not stored or made accessible to Apple.”
“The data is processed only to fulfill your request, after which point the results are returned securely to your device and are not retained by Private Cloud Compute.”
“Apple can use this data to understand how to improve Apple Intelligence features without collecting individual user data or content.”
“When your device sends a request to Private Cloud Compute, Apple only collects limited information about the request, such as the approximate size of the request and response, which features are used for the request, and how long the request …”
“Apple Intelligence uses information on your device including across your apps, like your upcoming calendar events and your frequently used apps.”
“if you have chosen to opt in to share Device Analytics with Apple, Apple may use privacy-preserving techniques to collect data about aggregated trends, including about the content processed by Apple Intelligence...”
“If a larger, server-based model is required, Apple Intelligence uses Private Cloud Compute to send only data relevant to your request to be processed on Apple silicon servers.”
“This data does not include any information about the content of your request or the returned result.”
“It is not identifiable or linked to your Apple Account or other data Apple may have from your use of other Apple services.”
“You can disable the sharing of Device Analytics data at any time on your iOS, iPadOS, or visionOS device by going to Settings > Privacy & Security > Analytics & Improvements, and turning off Share [Device] Analytics.”
“When possible, Apple Intelligence models run entirely on device so that a task can be completed without data leaving your device.”
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