Apple has issued a response on its Chinese website to concerns about iPhone location tracking raised by Chinese state-run media. The new post from Apple, titled “Your Location Privacy,” explains how the company uses location data, and how it offers customers choices over data collection. Curiously but perhaps not surprisingly, Apple offers a gracious note to China Central Television’s criticism in the piece: “We appreciate CCTV’s effort to help educate customers on a topic we think is very important.” Apple notes that it does not access a user’s location cache, nor does it create backdoors for government agencies or allow access to the company’s servers.
Apple responds to Chinese iPhone tracking concerns
By Phil Dzikiy
Phil Dzikiy
Phil Dzikiy was the Editor-in-Cheif at iLounge. He mostly edited and oversaw all site editorial content, managed staff and freelancers, made the final call on product review grades and awards, and led online coverage of all Apple events and live coverage of the International CES in 2015.