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California Privacy Disclosures

To help California consumers make informed privacy decisions and compare practices across businesses, the State has created a common framework for businesses to talk about privacy. Apple is using that framework here to describe, for each category of personal information under California law, whether Apple collects that personal information, or shares or discloses it for a business purpose. Apple does not sell your personal information.

Apple Privacy Policy

Identifiers: Apple collects information that identifies you to provide you with services that you request. For example, Apple processes your name, email address, and billing address to process transactions. And we process your mobile phone number to communicate with you. Apple discloses this information to our service providers who process the information on our behalf to help us perform a particular business purpose in accordance with our instructions. In some cases, Apple may provide this information to third parties for the business purposes requested by you, such as when Apple provides your name and certain information about your device to a mobile carrier to set up a carrier account for billing purposes.
Characteristics of protected classifications under California or federal law: California and federal laws provide protection against discrimination if you belong to a protected class. Protected classes include groupings based on race, ethnicity, or national origin; family status; and whether you have a disability. Similarly, even though you may represent to Apple that you are part of a family unit for Family Sharing, Apple does not take steps to infer your actual family status based upon your feature use.
Commercial information: Apple collects and maintains a record of your transactions with Apple, such as the products or services that you have purchased. Apple shares this information with our service providers for our business purposes, for example, to process transactions that you have requested. Apple also shares certain commercial information with third parties, such as credit card companies, in order to process your transactions.
Biometric information: Under California law, biometric information includes any physiological or behavioral characteristics that can be used to establish your identity, such as a fingerprint or an image of your face from which a faceprint can be created. If you choose to store your photos with Apple, you may include in those photos an image of your face from which a faceprint could be made. Apple does not create or store faceprints of our customers and, as a result, does not consider photos stored in iCloud to be biometric information.
Network activity information: Apple collects certain information about user activity on our electronic networks, such as how consumers interact with our websites and apps. We use this information to help determine what pages or features are popular or where our products and services could be improved. We may also use such information for marketing purposes with your consent or other applicable legal basis.
Geolocation data: Geolocation data at Apple is data that describes a consumer’s precise location. Apple may collect information about your location to provide you services that you request, such as Find My, where data is stored for a short period on our severs to process your request
Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, or olfactory information: Apple does not collect information about your senses.
Employment information: We collect any professional or employment information that you share with us or direct others to share with or make available to us, such as the institutions that you attended and any professional degrees or certifications.
Education information: If you are a student or educator and would like to use an education discount, we may collect information about your status to verify eligibility and maintain information about your affiliation with an educational institution.
Inferences from your personal information to create a profile about your preferences: If you choose to personalize your services or communications where such an option is available, Apple will use information that we collect so that we can offer you those personalized services or communications. You can learn more about how relevant services use information to personalize your experience by reviewing the privacy information presented when you first use a service that asks to use your personal information. We make this information easy to find by presenting it with our Data & Privacy icon; it is also available at all times on your Apple device and through the links below.
Personal information described in Section 1798.80(e): The California Consumer Privacy Act requires that we tell you whether we collect any personal information that is described in California Civil Code Section 1798.80(e). The Code section includes a broad variety of categories of personal information, such as name, contact information, physical characteristics, credit card or billing information, health or medical information, and more. Apple collects personal information described in Section 1798.80(e). Some of this information is already described in the categories above. For a full description of how Apple collects and handles your personal information, we encourage you to review the Apple Privacy Policy and the privacy information presented when you first use a service that asks to use your personal information, denoted by the Data & Privacy icon.

Any personal information that Apple holds may also be used to comply with applicable law.

Activity Sharing & Privacy
Category	Source	Purpose	Disclosures to Third-Party Businesses
Identifiers	Apple ID username from your device	Send and receive invitations to share activity Sync activity across your devices	None
Protected classes	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Commercial information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Biometric information	Exercise data from your device, which is not personally identifiable unless tied to an identifier	Sync activity across your devices Share your activity data with friends at your direction	None
Network activity information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Geolocation data	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Sensory data	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Employment information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Education information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Profile inferences	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
App Store & Privacy
Category	Source	Purpose	Disclosures to Third-Party Businesses
Identifiers	Your Apple ID account information from Apple systems Hardware identifiers such as hardware ID and IP address	To provide you with the product or services requested To help improve App Store Fraud and security	None
Protected classes	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Commercial information	Payment method and content purchased is collected from Apple systems	To provide your transactions To personalize the service To send you messages about products and services that may be of interest to you Fraud and security	None
Biometric information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Network activity information	Type of device, version of the operating system and amount of free space, analytics information such as crash data, and service usage information, including browsing activity, are collected from your device	To provide and improve your experience in the stores To personalize the stores Fraud and security	None
Geolocation data	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Sensory data	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Employment information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Education information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Profile inferences	If you have not disabled the Personalized Ads setting, Apple uses the information described above to create segments, which are groups of people who share similar characteristics	To serve you relevant ads	None
Apple Advertising & Privacy
Category	Source	Purpose	Disclosures to Third-Party Businesses
Identifiers	Your Apple ID account information	To serve you relevant ads	None
Protected classes	Your Apple ID account information, including your age, from Apple systems	To serve you relevant ads	None
Commercial information	Content downloads, subscriptions, and in-app purchases from Apple systems	To serve you relevant ads	None
Biometric information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Network activity information	Your device information including keyboard language settings, device type, OS version, mobile carrier and connection type from your device Third-party developers may provide us information about your activity in their apps, subject to their privacy policies	To serve you relevant ads	None
Geolocation data	Device location, if Location Services is enabled and you’ve granted permission to the App Store or Apple News apps to access your location	To serve you geographically relevant ads	not applicable
Sensory data	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Employment information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Education information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Profile inferences	Apple uses the information described above to create segments, which are groups of people who share similar characteristics	To serve you relevant ads	None
Apple Arcade & Privacy
Category	Source	Purpose	Disclosures to Third-Party Businesses
Identifiers	Your Apple ID account information from Apple systems	To provide you with the product or services requested To check offer eligibility To sync your experience across your devices Fraud and security	None
Protected classes	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Commercial information	Payment method and content purchased is collected from Apple systems	To provide you with the product or services requested To personalize the service To send you messages about products and services that may be of interest to you To allow other members of Family Sharing to access your subscription Fraud and security	None
Biometric information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Network activity information	Information about how you use your device is collected from your device Information about usage of Arcade	Fraud and security To help improve Arcade To personalize the service	None
Geolocation data	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Sensory data	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Employment information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Education information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Profile inferences	If you have not disabled Personalized Recommendations, Apple uses the information described above to personalize your experience, such as recommending games of interest to you	To personalize the service	None
Apple Books & Privacy
Category	Source	Purpose	Disclosures to Third-Party Businesses
Identifiers	Your Apple ID account information from Apple systems	To provide you with the product or services requested To check offer eligibility To sync your experience across your devices Fraud and security	None
Protected classes	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Commercial information	Payment method and content purchased is collected from Apple systems	To provide you with the product or services requested To personalize the service	None
Biometric information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Network activity information	Information about how you use your device and usage of Apple Books are collected from your device	To help identify and prevent fraud To help improve Apple Books To check offer eligibility To personalize the service To send you messages about products and services that may be of interest to you	None
Geolocation data	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Sensory data	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Employment information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Education information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Profile inferences	If you have not disabled Personalized Recommendations, Apple uses your stores purchase information to infer content of interest to you. If you have not enabled Limit Ad Tracking, Apple uses the information above to create segments, which are groups of people who share similar characteristics	To personalize the service To serve you relevant ads	None
Apple Card & Privacy
Category	Source	Purpose	Disclosures to Third-Party Businesses
Identifiers	Application and account information is collected from your device	To process your application To create your account To verify your identity and prevent fraud	Goldman Sachs to provide Apple Card and third-party identity verification service providers to prevent fraud
Protected classes	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Commercial information	Information about your transactions is collected from your payment method	To process your payment	Goldman Sachs and MasterCard to process your transaction
Biometric information	Your photo ID may be collected from your device with your consent	To verify your identity and prevent fraud	Third-party identity verification service provider
Network activity information	Information about how you use your device and your progress in the application flow are collected from your device	To help identify and prevent fraud To help improve Apple Card To process your requests	Goldman Sachs to fulfill your request and to communicate with you
Geolocation data	Information about your location is collected from your device	To prevent fraud at time of application and provisioning	None
Sensory data	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Employment information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Education information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Profile inferences	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Apple Cash and Apple Payments Inc. & Privacy
Category	Source	Purpose	Disclosures to Third-Party Businesses
Identifiers	Application and account information is collected from your device Bank account information is collected from you	To process your application To provide the services To create your account To verify your identity and prevent fraud	Green Dot Bank to provide Apple Cash and third-party identity verification service providers to prevent fraud
Protected classes	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Commercial information	Information about your transactions	To process your transaction To provide the service To prevent fraud Troubleshooting	Merchant from whom the purchase is made and Green Dot Bank, to process your transaction
Biometric information	Your photo ID may be collected from your device with your consent	To verify your identity and prevent fraud	Third-party identity verification service provider
Network activity information	Information about how you use your device and your progress in the application are collected from your device Apple Payments Inc. collects information about usage of Apple Cash from your device	To provide the service To help identify and prevent fraud To help improve Apple Card	None
Geolocation data	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Sensory data	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Employment information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Education information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Profile inferences	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Apple Fitness+ & Privacy
Category	Source	Purpose	Disclosures to Third-Party Businesses
Identifiers	Your Apple ID account information from Apple systems Device serial number from your device	To provide you with the product or services requested To sync your experience across your devices To check your eligibility for service offers	None
Protected classes	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Commercial information	Payment method and content purchased is collected from Apple systems	To provide you with the product or services requested	None
Biometric information	If you enable Activity Sharing, exercise data from your device	To share your activity data with friends at your direction	None
Network activity information	For subscribers, information about your device and usage of the Fitness+ service including workouts, which is not associated with your Apple ID Information about your previewing of Fitness+ prior to subscribing	To provide you with the product or services requested To improve Fitness+	None
Geolocation data	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Sensory data	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Employment information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Education information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Profile inferences	If you have not enabled Limit Ad Tracking, Apple uses purchase information to create segments, which are groups of people who share similar characteristics	To serve you relevant ads	None
Apple ID & Privacy
Category	Source	Purpose	Disclosures to Third-Party Businesses
Identifiers	Information related to your Apple account is collected from you and your device Information about your device, including serial number and device usage, is collected from your device	To create your account To enable and provide Apple services To store, backup and sync your information across devices and the web To share content, at your direction To provide better service and support, such as to check your eligibility for service offers To send you communications about Apple products, services and offers that may be of interest to you	At your direction, your Apple ID or first and last name may be shared with certain third-party apps that are iCloud-enabled
Protected classes	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Commercial information	Your payment, shipping and purchase information is collected from you	To provide you with the product the services requested To back up and sync your information across devices To prevent fraud To personalize your experience and communications from Apple	None
Biometric information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Network activity information	Your iCloud usage data is collected from your device	To provide you with service and support To improve the quality of the service	None
Geolocation data	If you enable location-based Reminders and Location Services is enabled, non-personally identifiable location information associated with a rotating Maps identifier is periodically collected from your device; if you enable Find My, location information is also collected from your device	To provide you with the product or services requested	not applicable
Sensory data	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Employment information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Education information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Profile inferences	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Apple Music & Privacy
Category	Source	Purpose	Disclosures to Third-Party Businesses
Identifiers	Your Apple ID account information from Apple systems Hardware identifiers such as device serial number and other hardware IDs	To provide you with the product or services requested To sync your experience across your devices To provide better service and support, such as to check your eligibility for service offers Fraud and security	If you sign up for Apple Music through your mobile network provider, we will let your mobile network provider know you have activated your account and we will request cancellation on your behalf when you ask
Protected classes	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Commercial information	Payment method and content purchased is collected from Apple systems	To provide you with the product or services requested	None
Biometric information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Network activity information	Information about how you use your device and usage of Apple Music from your device and Apple servers	Fraud and security To help improve Apple Music To personalize the service To compensate our partners	None
Geolocation data	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Sensory data	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Employment information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Education information	Your student status from you	To determine your subscription type	Your educational institution for verification
Profile inferences	Apple uses the information described above to recommend content of interest to you	To personalize the service To send you messages about products and services that may be of interest to you	None
Apple Music Friends & Privacy
Category	Source	Purpose	Disclosures to Third-Party Businesses
Identifiers	Your Apple ID account information from Apple systems	To provide you with the product or services requested To sync your experience across your devices Fraud and security	None
Protected classes	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Commercial information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Biometric information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Network activity information	Usage information may be collected from your device and Apple servers	To personalize your profile on the service	None
Geolocation data	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Sensory data	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Employment information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Education information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Profile inferences	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Apple News Newsletters & Privacy
Category	Source	Purpose	Disclosures to Third-Party Businesses
Identifiers	Your email address from you	To provide you with the product or services requested	None
Protected classes	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Commercial information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Biometric information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Network activity information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Geolocation data	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Sensory data	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Employment information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Education information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Profile inferences	If you have enabled Personalized Newsletters, information about your interests, from your device. If you choose to include new issues of the magazines you follow in your email newsletter, the list of Apple News+ channels you follow will be sent to Apple	To personalize your Newsletter	None
Apple Pay & Privacy
Category	Source	Purpose	Disclosures to Third-Party Businesses
Identifiers	Your Apple ID account information from Apple systems Your credit, debit, or bank account information Your gift card number, student ID card number, or transit card number from you if you use those services Banking laws may require that you provide us with the last four digits of your Social Security Number	To provide you with the product or services requested To sync your experience across your devices Fraud and security	Your card issuer or bank to determine eligibility; Green Dot Bank to set up your account, for identity verification and fraud prevention; and to process Apple Cash transactions; and a payment terminal if you are using gift cards to process your purchase
Protected classes	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Commercial information	Payment and transaction information from your device	To process your transaction Fraud and security	The merchant from whom you are making a purchase; Green Dot Bank and Apple Payments Inc. when you are using Apple Cash to effectuate your transaction
Biometric information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Network activity information	Device usage information may be collected from your device	Fraud and security	None
Geolocation data	If you have Location Services enabled, location at the time you add a card will be collected from your device	Fraud and security	None
Sensory data	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Employment information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Education information	Your student ID card number may be collected from you	To determine eligibility To provide you with requested services	Your school and providers authorized by them to enable your student ID card, determine eligibility, and prevent fraud
Profile inferences	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Apple Podcasts & Privacy
Category	Source	Purpose	Disclosures to Third-Party Businesses
Identifiers	Your Apple ID account information from Apple systems	To provide you with the product or services requested To sync your experience across your devices Fraud and security	None
Protected classes	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Commercial information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Biometric information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Network activity information	Information about how you use your device and usage of Podcasts is collected from your device, tied to a Podcasts-specific ID that is not associated with your Apple ID	Fraud and security To help improve Podcasts To provide you with the service	None
Geolocation data	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Sensory data	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Employment information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Education information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Profile inferences	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Apple Support & Privacy
Category	Source	Purpose	Disclosures to Third-Party Businesses
Identifiers	Apple ID, including information associated with your account such as name, email address, and phone number Device identifiers (of the device for which you are requesting support and from which you have the app installed) Case ID/Reservation ID/Order ID Analytics identifier	To provide you with the services requested For authentication purposes To provide support for the device(s) for which you are requesting support To communicate with you about your issue To confirm AppleCare coverage and eligibility To collect information about your installation of Apple Support	We may make some of your personal information such as your name, email address, device identifiers, and Case ID available to third-party Apple Authorized Service Providers who are troubleshooting your particular issue
Protected classes	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Commercial information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Biometric information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Network activity information	Usage information, and other information, such as your internet protocol (IP) address, country, region, language, internet service protocol (ISP), referring sources and handoffs, operating system, date/time stamp, and clickstream data	To provide you with the services requested To improve the quality of the service	None
Geolocation data	Your location, if you have Location Services enabled and if you request to show nearby points of service	To display a list of Apple stores, Authorized Service Providers, or drop-off locations for your repair To provide country and region detection and app functionality	not applicable
Sensory data	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Employment information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Education information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Profile inferences	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Apple Support Communities & Privacy
Category	Source	Purpose	Disclosures to Third-Party Businesses
Identifiers	Your Apple ID account information from Apple systems and hardware identifiers, such as hardware ID and IP address	To provide you with the services requested To help improve Communities	None
Protected classes	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Commercial information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Biometric information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Network activity information	Information about how you use your device and usage of Communities are collected from your device	To provide you with the services requested To help improve Communities	None
Geolocation data	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Sensory data	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Employment information	You have the option to provide information about your occupation in your Communities profile	To help Apple better understand the background of the user and his/her interest in the Community	None
Education information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Profile inferences	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Apple Store App & Privacy
Category	Source	Purpose	Disclosures to Third-Party Businesses
Identifiers	Your Apple ID account information from Apple systems	To provide you with the product or services requested Fraud and security	None
Protected classes	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Commercial information	Your purchase information and payment information from you and Apple systems	To provide you with the product or services requested To personalize your services Fraud and security	Your delivery information may be shared with third-party shipping services to deliver any products you request
Biometric information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Network activity information	How you use the Apple Store app from you	To improve the services	None
Geolocation data	If you allow Apple Store app to collect location, your location may be collected from your device	To show you stores or Today at Apple sessions nearby	not applicable
Sensory data	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Employment information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Education information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Profile inferences	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Apple TV App & Privacy
Category	Source	Purpose	Disclosures to Third-Party Businesses
Identifiers	Your Apple ID account information from Apple systems or third-party devices in which you are signed in to Apple TV Device serial number from your device	To provide you with the product or services requested To check offer eligibility To sync your experience across your devices Fraud and security	None
Protected classes	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Commercial information	Payment method and content purchased is collected from Apple systems	To provide you with the product or services requested To personalize the service To send you messages about products and services that may be of interest to you Fraud and security	None
Biometric information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Network activity information	Information about your device, how you use your device, and usage of Apple TV are collected from your device	To provide you with the product or services requested Fraud and security To help improve Apple TV To personalize the service To sync your experience across your devices	None
Geolocation data	Your general location from your device	To determine content availability at your location	not applicable
Sensory data	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Employment information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Education information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Profile inferences	If you have not disabled personalization, Apple uses your purchase information and what you watch to infer content of interest to you. And, if you have not enabled Limit Ad Tracking, Apple uses purchase information to create segments, which are groups of people who share similar characteristics	To personalize your experience To serve you relevant ads	None
Business Chat & Privacy
Category	Source	Purpose	Disclosures to Third-Party Businesses
Identifiers	Your Apple ID account information and Business Chat ID from Apple systems	To provide you with the product or services requested To sync your experience across your devices Fraud and security	If your inquiry relates to Apple Card, your account identifier and information about your inquiry may be shared with Goldman Sachs for processing
Protected classes	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Commercial information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Biometric information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Network activity information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Geolocation data	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Sensory data	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Employment information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Education information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Profile inferences	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
ClassKit & Privacy
Category	Source	Purpose	Disclosures to Third-Party Businesses
Identifiers	Managed Apple ID from your device or Apple systems	To provide you with the product or services requested To sync your experience across your devices Fraud and security	We are a service provider to your school or institution and may disclose personal information at their direction
Protected classes	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Commercial information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Biometric information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Network activity information	Information about your usage of ClassKit-enabled apps is collected from your device	To provide you with the product or services requested	Your school or institution, at your direction
Geolocation data	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Sensory data	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Employment information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Education information	Information about your affiliation with an educational institution	To verify eligibility To provide you with the product or services requested	Your school or institution, at your direction
Profile inferences	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Emergency SOS & Privacy
Category	Source	Purpose	Disclosures to Third-Party Businesses
Identifiers	Device identifier (MSISDN) from your device	To provide you with the services requested	Emergency services dispatchers
Protected classes	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Commercial information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Biometric information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Network activity information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Geolocation data	Your location data will be collected from your device	To provide you with the services requested	Emergency services dispatchers
Sensory data	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Employment information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Education information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Profile inferences	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Family Setup & Privacy
Category	Source	Purpose	Disclosures to Third-Party Businesses
Identifiers	Apple ID account information from Apple systems Your name, email address, and date of birth are collected from you	To provide you with the product or services requested To sync activity and experiences across your devices To determine eligible services	None
Protected classes	Your age is collected from you	To provide you with the product or services requested To provide relevant Apple services	None
Commercial information	Your credit card information	For parental verification purposes	None
Biometric information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Network activity information	Your device information including device pairing, device type, OS version, and connection type from your device	To provide you with the product or services requested To sync activity and experiences across your devices	None
Geolocation data	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Sensory data	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Employment information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Education information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Profile inferences	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Find My & Privacy
Category	Source	Purpose	Disclosures to Third-Party Businesses
Identifiers	Information related to your Apple account is collected from you and your device	To provide you with the services requested To back up and sync your information across devices To share content, at your direction	not applicable
Protected classes	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Commercial information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Biometric information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Network activity information	Information about your device, including serial number is collected from your device, as is iCloud usage data	To provide you with the services requested To improve the quality of the service	None
Geolocation data	If you enable Find My, location information is collected from your device	To provide you with the services requested	not applicable
Sensory data	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Employment information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Education information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Profile inferences	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Game Center & Privacy
Category	Source	Purpose	Disclosures to Third-Party Businesses
Identifiers	Your Apple ID account information from Apple systems	To provide you with the product or services requested To sync your experience across your devices Fraud and security	You can choose to share information with developers whose games you are playing, like your identifier, avatar, and Game Center friends
Protected classes	The fact that someone is a child may be collected from Apple systems	To enable content restrictions	None
Commercial information	Payment method and content purchased is collected from you	To provide you with the product or services requested	None
Biometric information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Network activity information	Information about your device, how you use your device, and usage of Game Center are collected from your device	To provide and personalize the services Fraud and security To help improve Game Center To sync your experience across your devices	None
Geolocation data	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Sensory data	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Employment information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Education information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Profile inferences	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
GymKit & Privacy
Category	Source	Purpose	Disclosures to Third-Party Businesses
Identifiers	Your Apple ID account information from Apple systems	To provide you with the product or services requested To sync your experience across your devices Fraud and security	The developer of the connected gym equipment that you have been using will receive an identifier to provide you with the service you requested
Protected classes	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Commercial information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Biometric information	Exercise data from your device	To provide you with the product or services requested To sync your experience across your devices	The developer of the connected gym equipment that you have been using will receive an identifier to provide you with the service you requested
Network activity information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Geolocation data	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Sensory data	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Employment information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Education information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Profile inferences	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Health Records & Privacy
Category	Source	Purpose	Disclosures to Third-Party Businesses
Identifiers	Your Apple ID account information and a secure token from Apple systems	To provide you with the product or services requested To sync your experience across your devices Fraud and security	A secure token will be shared with third-party health records providers at your direction, to obtain your health records
Protected classes	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Commercial information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Biometric information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Network activity information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Geolocation data	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Sensory data	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Employment information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Education information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Profile inferences	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
iMessage and FaceTime & Privacy
Category	Source	Purpose	Disclosures to Third-Party Businesses
Identifiers	Your Apple ID account information from Apple systems	To provide you with the product or services requested To sync your experience across your devices Fraud and security	None
Protected classes	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Commercial information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Biometric information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Network activity information	The identifier of the recipient(s) may be collected from you and your device	To provide you with the product or services requested To determine whether the recipient is capable of receiving iMessages or FaceTime calls To attempt to redeliver undeliverable messages To improve our products and services, including for spam prevention	None
Geolocation data	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Sensory data	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Employment information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Education information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Profile inferences	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Improve EV Routing & Privacy
Category	Source	Purpose	Disclosures to Third-Party Businesses
Identifiers	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Protected classes	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Commercial information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Biometric information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Network activity information	The device model, software version, operating system version, region and language, time zone, navigation settings, and search terms are collected from your device	To fix search-related issues	None
Geolocation data	Your origin and current device location, if you have authorized Maps to access your location, of your directions request are collected from your device	To fix directions-related issues To provide you a route from where you are and so Maps can route you as you drive	None
Sensory data	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Employment information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Education information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Profile inferences	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Improve Maps & Privacy
Category	Source	Purpose	Disclosures to Third-Party Businesses
Identifiers	Your Apple ID account information, including street address, from Apple systems	Improving Apple location-based services	None
Protected classes	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Commercial information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Biometric information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Network activity information	The device model, software version, operating system version, region and language, time zone, navigation settings, and search terms are collected from your device in general Maps usage	To fix search-related issues	not applicable
Geolocation data	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Sensory data	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Employment information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Education information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Profile inferences	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
iTunes Store & Privacy
Category	Source	Purpose	Disclosures to Third-Party Businesses
Identifiers	Your Apple ID account information from Apple systems	To provide you with the product or services requested To sync your experience across your devices Fraud and security	None
Protected classes	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Commercial information	Your download and purchase information, and payment information may be collected from you	To provide you with the product or services requested To improve and personalize the stores To send you messages about products and services that may be of interest to you Fraud and security	None
Biometric information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Network activity information	Information about your activity on the stores, such as content downloaded, may be collected from your device We may also collect information from your device about your device type, or whether your device is on Wi-Fi or cellular	To provide you requested content To determine whether content is available for download to your device To provide personalized recommendations To improve the stores Fraud and security	None
Geolocation data	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Sensory data	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Employment information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Education information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Profile inferences	If you have not disabled the Personalized Ads setting, Apple uses the information described above to create segments, which are groups of people who share similar characteristics	To serve you relevant ads	None
iTunes U & Privacy
Category	Source	Purpose	Disclosures to Third-Party Businesses
Identifiers	Your Apple ID account information from Apple systems	To provide you with the product or services requested To sync your experience across your devices Fraud and security To provide personalized recommendations	None
Protected classes	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Commercial information	Your download and purchase information, and payment information may be collected from you	To provide you with the product or services requested To improve the stores Fraud and security	None
Biometric information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Network activity information	Information about your activity on the stores, such as content downloaded, may be collected from your device We may also collect information from your device about your device type, or whether your device is on Wi-Fi or cellular	To provide you requested content To determine whether content is available for download to your device To provide personalized recommendations To understand trends	None
Geolocation data	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Sensory data	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Employment information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Education information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Profile inferences	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Maps & Privacy
Category	Source	Purpose	Disclosures to Third-Party Businesses
Identifiers	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Protected classes	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Commercial information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Biometric information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Network activity information	The device model, software version, operating system version, region and language, time zone, navigation settings, and search terms are collected from your device	To fix search-related issues	None
Geolocation data	Your origin and current device location, if you have authorized Maps to access your location, of your directions request are collected from your device	To fix directions-related issues	None
Sensory data	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Employment information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Education information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Profile inferences	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Maps Report an Issue & Privacy
Category	Source	Purpose	Disclosures to Third-Party Businesses
Identifiers	Your Apple ID account information and hardware identifiers, such as hardware ID and IP address, are collected from your device when reporting an issue	To contact you about the reported issue To correct issues related to your home or work locations	When your reported issue relates to a third party, Apple may provide the third party with information from your reported issue to help fix the issue you identified. Apple shares information with such third parties only when necessary to fix an issue, and first seeks to delete any information from which you can be identified
Protected classes	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Commercial information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Biometric information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Network activity information	The device model, operating system version, region and language, time zone, navigation settings, search terms, a screenshot of the Maps app prior to filing the issue, and whether you are connected to Apple Watch or CarPlay are collected from your device	To better understand the capability and state of Maps at the time of your report To fix search-related issues	None
Geolocation data	Your latitude and longitude and the start and endpoints of your directions request are collected from your device	To better understand Maps’s capability and state at the time of your report To fix directions-related issues	None
Sensory data	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Employment information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Education information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Profile inferences	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Ratings & Photos & Privacy
Category	Source	Purpose	Disclosures to Third-Party Businesses
Identifiers	A unique identifier that is linked to your Apple ID	Your Ratings & Photos submission is linked to your Apple ID	not applicable
Protected classes	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Commercial information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Biometric information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Network activity information	The device model, software version, operating system version, region and language, time zone, navigation settings, and search terms are collected from your device from general Maps usage	To fix search-related issues	None
Geolocation data	Your origin and current device location, if you have authorized Maps to access your location, of your directions request are collected from your device in general Maps usage When you use Ratings & Photos, your approximate location and the location associated with your submission are also sent to Apple	To fix directions-related issues in general Maps To confirm authenticity of Ratings & Photos submission and for fraud detection purposes	None
Sensory data	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Employment information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Education information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Profile inferences	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Safari & Privacy
Category	Source	Purpose	Disclosures to Third-Party Businesses
Identifiers	Your Apple ID account information from Apple systems	To operate the browser and provide you with the product or services requested	None
Protected classes	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Commercial information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Biometric information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Network activity information	If you have Safari Suggestions enabled, your search queries, the Safari Suggestions you select, and usage data will be collected from your device but in a manner not linked to you	To provide and personalize your services To provide you with relevant search results	None
Geolocation data	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Sensory data	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Employment information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Education information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Profile inferences	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Shazam & Privacy
Category	Source	Purpose	Disclosures to Third-Party Businesses
Identifiers	Your Shazam account identifiers such as: Your email address or Facebook User ID, Android Account ID, Google ID, and the Google Profile Picture URL Correspondence email address when requesting to download your data or categories Notification tokens Shazam identifiers such as INID (Installation ID) and ACID (Account ID) Network identifiers such as MCC (Mobile Country Code) and MNC (Mobile Network Code) IP address from your device	To improve the quality of the product To create your account To save your Shazams and sync them between your devices To derive the country your device is registered to and to provide content relevant to you To compile lists of trending songs for Shazam charts To send you the data you have requested via our privacy portal Fraud and security	None
Protected classes	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Commercial information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Biometric information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Network activity information	Type of device, version of the operating system, songs identified using Shazam, analytics information such as the pages you view, buttons you click and streaming service you are connected to	To improve the quality of the product To compile lists of trending songs for Shazam charts Fraud and security	None
Geolocation data	If you have granted Location Services for Shazam, your device location is sent when you identify songs	To show you where your Shazams were identified To derive the city and country, in order to compile lists of trending songs for Shazam charts	We share deidentified, aggregate information about what songs are identified using Shazam with our partners, including music labels and artists, to allow them to understand which tracks are encountering success in the market
Sensory data	Digital features of Shazamed songs, when the song cannot be matched immediately	Temporarily stored to be matched against Shazam’s database to give you the name of the song and artist	None
Employment information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Education information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Profile inferences	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Sign in with Apple & Privacy
Category	Source	Purpose	Disclosures to Third-Party Businesses
Identifiers	Your Apple ID account information is collected from Apple systems Abstracted information about your device and your device usage are collected from your device when you set up an account	To provide you with the product or services requested To sync your experience across your devices Fraud and security	Apple provides third-party developers a unique identifier, a Real User indicator score (only during setup) and, if requested and at your direction, your name and/or email address
Protected classes	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Commercial information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Biometric information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Network activity information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Geolocation data	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Sensory data	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Employment information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Education information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Profile inferences	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Stocks & Privacy
Category	Source	Purpose	Disclosures to Third-Party Businesses
Identifiers	Your Apple ID account information from Apple systems	To provide you with the product or services requested To sync your experience across your devices Fraud and security	None
Protected classes	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Commercial information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Biometric information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Network activity information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Geolocation data	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Sensory data	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Employment information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Education information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Profile inferences	If you have not enabled Limit Ad Tracking, Apple uses the information described above to create segments, which are groups of people who share similar characteristics	To serve you relevant ads	not applicable
TV Provider & Privacy
Category	Source	Purpose	Disclosures to Third-Party Businesses
Identifiers	Your Apple ID account information from Apple systems Your TV Provider account information from you	To provide you with the product or services requested To sync your experience across your devices Fraud and security	Your TV Provider will receive your TV Provider account information to verify eligibility
Protected classes	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Commercial information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Biometric information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Network activity information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Geolocation data	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Sensory data	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Employment information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Education information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Profile inferences	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Wi-Fi Calling & Privacy
Category	Source	Purpose	Disclosures to Third-Party Businesses
Identifiers	Your Apple ID account information from Apple systems	To provide you with the product or services requested To sync your experience across your devices Fraud and security	None
Protected classes	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Commercial information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Biometric information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Network activity information	Your call activity is collected from your device	To provide you with the product or services requested Billing Fraud and security	not applicable
Geolocation data	Your location may be collected from your device	To provide you with the product or services requested Billing To provide emergency services Fraud and security	Your carrier to provide you with the services and for billing, and emergency services dispatchers for emergency assistance
Sensory data	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Employment information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Education information	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
Profile inferences	not applicable	not applicable	not applicable

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Published Date: May 11, 2021

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