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What iCloud's terms say

D privacy grade · icloud.com · Productivity & cloud

iCloud's terms of service and privacy policy have 26 rated points: 1 serious, 8 bad, 10 worth knowing and 7 good. 16 apply whenever you use the site, signed in or not; 10 only once you have an account.

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Signed in or not

Whenever you use iCloud

Bad 7

  • Many different types of personal data are collected

    The service collects many different types of personal data

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  • Your data may be processed and stored anywhere in the world

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  • You are tracked via web beacons, tracking pixels, browser fingerprinting, and/or device fingerprinting

    The service may use tracking pixels, web beacons, browser fingerprinting, and/or device fingerprinting on users.

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  • Information is gathered about you through third parties

    This service gathers information about you through third parties

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  • Your personal data may be disclosed to comply with government requests without notice to you

    This service reserves the right to disclose your personal information without notifying you

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  • This service receives your precise location through GPS coordinates

    This service receives your location through GPS coordinates

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  • Location data may be collected, used and/or shared

    This service may collect, use, and share location data

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Worth knowing 7

  • Third parties are involved in operating the service

    Third parties may be involved in operating the service

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  • The court of law governing the terms is in location X

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  • Blocking first-party cookies may limit your ability to use the service

    Blocking first party cookies may limit your ability to use the service

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  • Failure to enforce any provision of the Terms of Service does not constitute a waiver of such provision

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  • This service gives your personal data to third parties involved in its operation

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  • There is a date of the last update of the agreements

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  • You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold the service harmless in case of a claim related to your use of the service

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Good 2

  • When the service wants to make a material change to its terms, you are notified at least 30 days in advance

    When the service wants to change its terms, users are notified a month or more in advance

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  • You can opt out of targeted advertising

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With an account

If you have a iCloud account

Serious 1

  • Specific content can be deleted without reason and may be removed without prior notice

    They can delete any of your data (files, music, messages, etc.) at any time and without notice

    All the data that you have on iCloud can be removed or modified by Apple if they think it is inappropriate or “objectionable” to them. It can be done automatically with pre-screen, and without prior notice to you. Section: “Removal of Content” (content means all your data on iCloud, from files to software and messages): <em>“Apple reserves the right at all times to determine whether Content is appropriate and in compliance with this Agreement, and may pre-screen, move, refuse, modify and/or remove Content at any time, without prior notice and in its sole discretion, if such Content is found to be in violation of this Agreement or is otherwise objectionable.”</em>

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Bad 1

Worth knowing 3

Good 5

The documents

Ratings by ToS;DR volunteers; they can lag behind the current terms. Not legal advice.