Shared Albums: invitees can copy and reshare, web links are public, and deleting does not remove copies
Apple stores photos and videos you share through Shared Albums until they are deleted. People you invite can view, save, copy and share them and add their own photos, videos and comments. If you share by web link, the photos are public to anyone who has or is given the link. You can delete individual items, comments or whole albums at any time, but anything already copied from an album to another device or computer is not deleted. Children under 13 (or the local equivalent) whose account a parent or guardian set up can share albums only with other Family Sharing members.
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When you use Shared Albums, Apple stores any photos and videos you share until deleted.
People you invite to Shared Albums may view, save, copy, and share these photos and videos, as well as contribute photos and videos, and comments.
If you choose to use Shared Albums to share photos via a web link, these photos will be publicly available to anyone who has been provided or has access to the web link.
However, any Content previously copied from a Shared Album to another device or computer will not be deleted.
Users who are under 13 (or equivalent minimum age in the relevant jurisdiction) with an Account established by a parent or guardian can only participate in a Shared Album with other Family Sharing members.
Qualifications & exceptions
Deletion stops sharing but does not reach copies already made on other devices.
Web-link sharing makes the photos public to anyone with access to the link.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Shared Photo Library: items you add leave your library, any participant can delete them, and the creator's quota pays
With iCloud Photos on, you can create or join one Shared Library with up to five other people. Photos and videos you contribute move out of your Personal Library into the Shared Library, where every participant has equal permission to add, edit and delete them. The Shared Library counts only against the storage of the person who created it; if that person runs out of iCloud storage, nothing more can be added and edits, favorites and metadata changes stop syncing. Children under 13 (or the local equivalent) whose account a parent or guardian set up can join only with other Family Sharing members.
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If you have iCloud Photos enabled, you can create or join one Shared Library with up to five other people.
When you contribute photos and videos to a Shared Photo Library, they move out of your Personal Library and into the Shared Library. All participants have equal permissions to add, edit, and delete Content in the Shared Library.
the Shared Library Content only counts against the iCloud Storage quota of the person who created the Shared Library.
If the library owner runs out of iCloud storage, Content can no longer be added to the Shared Library and changes such as edits, favorites, and metadata adjustments no longer sync.
Users who are under 13 (or equivalent minimum age in the relevant jurisdiction) with an Account established by a parent or guardian can only participate in a Shared Photo Library with other Family Sharing members.
Qualifications & exceptions
Requires iCloud Photos to be enabled; one Shared Library with up to five other people.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
File sharing: you choose view or edit rights, web links are public, and stopping sharing does not remove copies
Apple stores files you share through iCloud Folder and File Sharing until they are deleted. You can let people view, save, copy or edit them, choosing between edit and view-only rights. Files shared by web link are publicly accessible to anyone given the link. You can stop sharing at any time, which removes the files from iCloud Drive on everyone's devices, but files already copied to another device or computer are not deleted.
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When you use iCloud Folder and File Sharing, Apple stores any files you share until deleted.
You may give access to people to view, save, copy or edit these files. You have the option to give people the right to edit the files or to only view them.
If you use iCloud Folder and File Sharing to share files via a web link, these files will be publicly accessible to anyone who has been provided the web link.
If you stop sharing, files will be removed from iCloud Drive on everyone’s devices. However, any file previously copied to another device or computer will not be deleted.
Qualifications & exceptions
Stopping sharing removes files from iCloud Drive on everyone's devices but not copies made elsewhere.
Sharing & Disclosure · Permission or license
Third-party apps you sign into with your Apple Account can store data in iCloud, processed by Apple for the developer
If you sign in to certain third-party apps with your Apple Account, you agree that those apps can store data in iCloud and that Apple collects, stores and processes that data on behalf of the app's developer in connection with your use of the Service and those apps. That data counts toward your iCloud storage limit, and it may be shared with another app you download from the same developer.
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If you sign in to certain third-party apps with your Account, you agree to allow those apps to store data in iCloud and for Apple to collect, store and process such data on behalf of the relevant third-party app developer in association with your use of the Service and such apps.
The data that those apps store in iCloud will count towards your storage limit. Such data may be shared with another app that you download from the same app developer.
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies to certain third-party apps you sign in to with your Apple Account.
Sharing is limited to other apps from the same developer that you download.
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The agreement does not say which third-party apps are covered or what data they store.
Sharing & Disclosure · User right or choice
Family Sharing lets you share purchases, subscriptions, photos, calendars, location and Screen Time with family
With Family Sharing you can share certain purchases, such as Store purchases and Apple subscriptions, with family members, and some third-party subscriptions and in-app purchases. Depending on what your family chooses, you can also share certain Content such as photos, calendars, location and Screen Time information. Rules for sharing purchases are in the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions, and Apple points to a separate Family Sharing page for sharing Content, device usage and location.
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With Family Sharing, you can share certain purchased Content such as Store purchases and Apple subscriptions with members of your family.
You may also share certain Content such as photos, calendars, location, and screen time information depending on what your family chooses to share. You may also share certain subscriptions and in-app purchases from third parties.
For more information regarding sharing your Content purchases, please see the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions at https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/ww/.
Qualifications & exceptions
What is shared depends on what the family chooses to share.
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The Apple Media Services Terms and the Family Sharing page are linked but not supplied here, so their sharing rules are not analyzed.
Sharing & Disclosure · Restriction or exception
Apple Invites: hosts must be 13 or older, and guests with an account can add to event albums
Apple Invites lets you create, send and manage event invitations. You must be 13 or older (or the local equivalent minimum age) to host an event. You can attach a Shared Album or Shared Playlist to the event, which guests who join can access and contribute to if they have an Apple Account and, for Shared Playlists, an Apple Music subscription.
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You must be 13 or older (or equivalent minimum age in the relevant jurisdiction) to host an event with Apple Invites.
You can create a Shared Album or Shared Playlist for the event which guests who join the event can access and contribute to provided they have an Account and, for Shared Playlists, an Apple Music subscription.
Sharing & Disclosure · User right or choice
Legacy Contacts with proof of death and the key can access certain account data after you die
With Digital Legacy you can name one or more Legacy Contacts who can access and download certain data in your account after your death. If a Legacy Contact gives Apple proof of death and has the required key, they automatically get access to that data and Activation Lock is removed from all your devices. Keeping your Legacy Contacts up to date is your responsibility.
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With Digital Legacy, you can choose to add one or more Legacy Contacts to access and download certain data in your Account after your death.
If your designated Legacy Contacts provide proof of death to Apple and have the required key, they will automatically obtain access to that certain Account data and activation lock will be removed from all your devices.
Qualifications & exceptions
Access requires proof of death and the required key, and covers certain account data, not necessarily all of it.
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The agreement does not list which data Legacy Contacts can access; it points to Apple support pages that were not supplied.
Apple may access, preserve and disclose your account information and content to authorities or third parties
Apple may take steps it believes are reasonably necessary to enforce or verify compliance with this agreement. You agree that Apple may, without liability to you, access, use, preserve or disclose your account information and any Content to law enforcement, government officials or a third party if legally required, or if Apple believes in good faith this is reasonably necessary to comply with legal process or a request, enforce this agreement including investigating possible violations, address security, fraud or technical issues, or protect the rights, property or safety of Apple, its users, a third party or the public as required or permitted by law.
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Apple reserves the right to take steps Apple believes are reasonably necessary or appropriate to enforce and/or verify compliance with any part of this Agreement.
You acknowledge and agree that Apple may, without liability to you, access, use, preserve and/or disclose your Account information and any Content to law enforcement authorities, government officials, and/or a third party, as Apple believes is reasonably necessary or appropriate, if legally required to do so or if Apple has a good faith belief that such access, use, disclosure, or preservation is reasonably necessary to:
(a) comply with legal process or request; (b) enforce this Agreement, including investigation of any potential violation thereof; (c) detect, prevent or otherwise address security, fraud or technical issues; or (d) protect the rights, property or safety of Apple, its users, a third party, or the public as required or permitted by law.
Qualifications & exceptions
Disclosure is tied to legal requirement or Apple's good-faith belief that it is reasonably necessary for the four listed purposes.