> No matter how real the terrorist threat, the pre-emptive surveillance of every
> single Australian would be an extraordinary policy in every sense of the word
> -
> way outside the bounds of proportionality, and, way outside the boundaries of
> legitimate government action in a free country.
It seems free-enterprise understands democracy better than governments ..
"Apple said Wednesday night that its latest software system, iOS 8, included
deep protection of the information stored on Apple mobile devices. Protection
so deep, in fact, that Apple says it has become technically impossible for it
to comply with government warrants asking for customer information such as
photos, email, messages, contacts or the call history to be extracted from
devices." (Though, this applies to Apple devices, not clouds) (Ref: NYTimes.com)
https://www.apple.com/privacy
A message from Tim Cook about Apple’s commitment to your privacy.
At Apple, your trust means everything to us. That’s why we respect your privacy
and protect it with strong encryption, plus strict policies that govern how all
data is handled.
Security and privacy are fundamental to the design of all our hardware,
software, and services, including iCloud and new services like Apple Pay. And
we continue to make improvements. Two-step verification, which we encourage all
our customers to use, in addition to protecting your Apple ID account
information, now also protects all of the data you store and keep up to date
with iCloud.
We believe in telling you up front exactly what’s going to happen to your
personal information and asking for your permission before you share it with
us. And if you change your mind later, we make it easy to stop sharing with us.
Every Apple product is designed around those principles. When we do ask to use
your data, it’s to provide you with a better user experience.
We’re publishing this website to explain how we handle your personal
information, what we do and don’t collect, and why. We’re going to make sure
you get updates here about privacy at Apple at least once a year and whenever
there are significant changes to our policies.
A few years ago, users of Internet services began to realize that when an
online service is free, you’re not the customer. You’re the product. But at
Apple, we believe a great customer experience shouldn’t come at the expense of
your privacy.
Our business model is very straightforward: We sell great products. We don’t
build a profile based on your email content or web browsing habits to sell to
advertisers. We don’t “monetize” the information you store on your iPhone or in
iCloud. And we don’t read your email or your messages to get information to
market to you. Our software and services are designed to make our devices
better. Plain and simple.
One very small part of our business does serve advertisers, and that’s iAd. We
built an advertising network because some app developers depend on that
business model, and we want to support them as well as a free iTunes Radio
service. iAd sticks to the same privacy policy that applies to every other
Apple product. It doesn’t get data from Health and HomeKit, Maps, Siri,
iMessage, your call history, or any iCloud service like Contacts or Mail, and
you can always just opt out altogether.
Finally, I want to be absolutely clear that we have never worked with any
government agency from any country to create a backdoor in any of our products
or services. We have also never allowed access to our servers. And we never
will.
Our commitment to protecting your privacy comes from a deep respect for our
customers. We know that your trust doesn’t come easy. That’s why we have and
always will work as hard as we can to earn and keep it.
Tim
Take a detailed look at how we protect your privacy.
* Privacy Built In
We design products with your privacy in mind from the start.
https://www.apple.com/privacy/privacy-built-in
* Manage Your Privacy
We empower you to make your own choices about what you share and with whom.
https://www.apple.com/privacy/manage-your-privacy
* Government Information Requests
We believe you have a right to transparency.
https://www.apple.com/privacy/government-information-requests
Apple
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Cheers,
Stephen
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