Apple

Apple vs The FBI – The Asian Perspective

March 21, 2016

The ongoing battle royal between Apple and the FBI, which is trying to force the Cupertino based company to disable the built-in protections of an iPhone formerly owned by a terrorist has long term implications for privacy across the globe. Whether Apple wins or loses privacy advocates are watching the events extremely carefully. Data Privacy Asia reached out to some experts across Asia for their opinion on the ongoing legal battle.

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Data Privacy Insights

The Recent US v. Apple Case in Context (Part I)

May 21, 2016

In the first part of a three part series of articles, Pauline C. Reich, Professor and Director of the Asia-Pacific Cyberlaw, Cybercrime and Internet Security Research Institute at Waseda University School of Law in Tokyo, Japan gives some context to the recent US v. Apple case.

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Data Privacy Insights

The Recent US v. Apple Case in Context (Part II)

June 21, 2016

In this, the second of a series of articles, Professor Reich examines the implications of the battle between Apple and the U.S. government for other jurisdictions worldwide.

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Data Privacy Insights

The Recent US v. Apple Case in Context (Part IV)

August 26, 2016

In this, the final instalment in the series, Pauline C. Reich, Professor and Director of the Asia-Pacific Cyberlaw, Cybercrime and Internet Security Research Institute at the Waseda University School of Law in Tokyo, Japan examines the implications of the recent US v. Apple case in terms of disclosure requirements in Asia and across the globe.

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Data Privacy News

Apple’s Privacy Play to Disrupt Online Advertising

June 12, 2017

Apple may just have found the solution to counter Google by focusing on Apple's privacy commitment to their customers, especially in online advertising.

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Cyber Security Insights

How Effective is Apple’s New Face ID Security Feature?

November 14, 2017

We look at the ease of use, reliability and strength of Apple's iPhone X new Face ID security feature. Should you keep your face (password) to yourself?

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Data Privacy News

Apple CEO Tim Cook Calls for a Clearinghouse to Protect Consumers from Data Brokers

January 30, 2019

Apple CEO Tim Cook has emerged as one of the strongest voices in the battle over consumer data privacy, and this time calling for a data broker clearinghouse to be created by the FTC.

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Data Privacy Insights

For Apple, Consumer Privacy Is Just a Business Strategy

February 24, 2019

Apple has been promoting itself as a champion of consumer privacy but given it's commercial relationship with Google and recent moves in Russia and China, just how committed, really, is Apple to the concept of consumer privacy?

Data Privacy News

Mozilla Criticizes Apple’s iPhone Privacy Claims

May 1, 2019

iPhone privacy claims are under scrutiny as Mozilla calls on Apple to rotate IDFA, a tracking ID which comes pre-installed on phone and allows advertisers to easily track user’s every move.

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Data Privacy News

Apple to Launch New Ad Tracking Solution to Protect User Privacy

June 5, 2019

Apple's new ad tracking solution “Privacy Preserving Ad Click Attribution”, available on the Safari browser by end 2019, will protect user privacy while still giving advertisers enough information to judge effectiveness of an advertisement.