Apple fights report that claims it compromises user privacy in ChinaApple says it still has control over user data in China.
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A New York Times report claims Apple has compromised user privacy in China.
The company is refuting the report.
Apple is fighting back against a report that it compromises user privacy in China.
A new report from the New York Times says that Apple has made concessions with the Chinese government that make it "nearly impossible for the company to stop the Chinese government from gaining access" to its user's data.
When Apple moved Chinese user data to local servers, the company promised that the data would be safe and managed with Apple's strict approach to privacy. Today's report says that Apple has "largely ceded control to the Chinese government."
And in its data centers, Apple's compromises have made it nearly impossible for the company to stop the Chinese government from gaining access to the emails, photos, documents, contacts, and locations of millions of Chinese residents, according t...
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Apple fights report that claims it compromises user privacy in China
