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Apple notes that, should the user agree to send analytics information to Apple from multiple devices that use the same iCloud account, it may correlate some usage data about Apple apps across those devices by syncing using end-to-end encryption.


“We do this in a manner that does not identify you to Apple,” the statement says.

Users may also choose to disable the sharing of device analytics altogether.

App Store icon displayed on a phone screen is seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland, on July 18, 2021.
App Store icon displayed on a phone screen is seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland, on July 18, 2021.
(Photo Ilustration by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

However, the App Store and Privacy statement says personal information is collected to improve the stores.

“To find ways to improve the stores, we use information about your buy phone number list browsing, purchases, searches and downloads. These records are stored with IP address, a random unique identifier (where that arises) and Apple ID when you are signed in to the App Store or other Apple online stores,” Apple said.

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On that page, it mentions turning off personalized ads, but the “Improving the Stores” section does not mention settings that would let users keep Apple from seeing personal information.

Fox News Digital’s request for comment from Apple was not returned.


Julia Musto is a reporter for Fox News and Fox Business Digital.

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