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by littlestymaar 1855 days ago
Reminder: while it's true that Apple protects your privacy in the context of third party app data collection on your devices, it doesn't make it an “organization defending our privacy either”. They collect tons of data about you, and share them with third parties as they wish and their privacy policy is pretty explicit about it:

> Personal Data Apple Collects from You

> Usage 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; and other usage data

> Location Information. Precise location only to support Find My, and coarse location

> Health Information. Data relating to the health status of an individual, including data related to one’s physical or mental health or condition. Personal health data also includes data that can be used to make inferences about or detect the health status of an individual. If you participate in a study using an Apple Health Research Study app, the policy governing the privacy of your personal data is described in the Apple Health Study Apps Privacy Policy.

> Fitness Information. Details relating to your fitness and exercise information where you choose to share them Financial Information. Details including salary, income, and assets information where collected, and information related to

> Apple’s Sharing of Personal Data

> Apple may share personal data with service providers who act on our behalf, our partners, or others at your direction. Further, Apple does not share personal data with third parties for their own marketing purposes.

> Partners. At times, Apple may partner with third parties to provide services or other offerings. For example, Apple financial offerings like Apple Card and Apple Cash are offered by Apple and our partners. Apple requires its partners to protect your personal data.

source: https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/en-ww/