Apple Privacy Policy

Apple · agreement dated July 30, 2025 · Official agreement

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Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice

Sharing with Partners

Apple partners with third parties to offer services, such as Apple Card and Apple Cash. Apple requires these partners to protect user personal data.

Supporting quotations

At times, Apple may partner with third parties to provide services or other offerings. For example, Apple financial offerings like Apple Card and Apple Cash are offered by Apple and our partners. Apple requires its partners to protect your personal data.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Apple requires its partners to protect your personal data.

purpose: third_party_services

Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice

Other Sharing Circumstances

Apple may share personal data at the user's direction or with their consent (e.g., with a carrier for account activation). They may also disclose information if deemed necessary for national security, law enforcement, public importance, to enforce terms, protect operations or users, or during a reorganization, merger, or sale.

Supporting quotations

Apple may share personal data with others at your direction or with your consent, such as when we share information with your carrier to activate your account. We may also disclose information about you if we determine that for purposes of national security, law enforcement, or other issues of public importance, disclosure is necessary or appropriate. We may also disclose information about you where there is a lawful basis for doing so, if we determine that disclosure is reasonably necessary to enforce our terms and conditions or to protect our operations or users, or in the event of a reorganization, merger, or sale.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • at your direction or with your consent
  • if we determine that for purposes of national security, law enforcement, or other issues of public importance, disclosure is necessary or appropriate
  • where there is a lawful basis for doing so
  • if we determine that disclosure is reasonably necessary to enforce our terms and conditions or to protect our operations or users, or in the event of a reorganization, merger, or sale

purpose: legal_compliance · purpose: security · purpose: service_operation

Sharing & Disclosure · Company commitment

No Sale or Sharing of Personal Data (CA/NV)

Apple states that it does not sell personal data, including as defined by Nevada and California law. It also does not 'share' personal data as defined by California law.

Supporting quotations

Apple does not sell your personal data including as “sale” is defined in Nevada and California. Apple also does not “share” your personal data as that term is defined in California.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • including as “sale” is defined in Nevada and California
  • as that term is defined in California

Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice

International Data Transfer

Apple may transfer or allow access to your personal data by its affiliated companies globally to perform processing activities described in this Privacy Policy, connecting you to the world through its products and services.

Supporting quotations

your personal data may be transferred to or accessed by entities around the world, including Apple-affiliated companies, to perform processing activities such as those described in this Privacy Policy in connection with your use of our products and services.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • may be transferred to or accessed by entities around the world, including Apple-affiliated companies
  • to perform processing activities such as those described in this Privacy Policy in connection with your use of our products and services

purpose: service_operation

Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice

China Mainland Data Transfer to Third Parties

For processing purposes outlined in the Privacy Policy, Apple may transfer personal data of individuals in the People's Republic of China to third-party service providers, who may then store or transfer the data outside of China.

Supporting quotations

For the purposes of processing set out in this Privacy Policy, Apple may also transfer such personal data to third-party service providers, who may in turn store or transfer the data outside of the People’s Republic of China.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • For the purposes of processing set out in this Privacy Policy
  • may also transfer such personal data to third-party service providers
  • who may in turn store or transfer the data outside of the People’s Republic of China

purpose: service_operation · purpose: third_party_services

Cross-references

  • supports (model-proposed): International Data Transfer — China Mainland data transfer to third parties is an example of international data transfer