Suppose you were an author and had recently completed a manuscript for a new book. You hire a company to help you move house and one of them copies the manuscript and publishes it on the internet. Or maybe some other personal, private and damaging records or material, such as images of you naked or making love, or compromising images of your son or daughter. If you went to the police, would you be fine if they refused to investigate because "this isn't some police state and we're not the Stasi"? Where would you draw the line on the responsibilities of people you pay to protect your privacy?

>Replace MarCom with Stasi and I know why I have a profound dislike for all things Apple. Culture of fear, not my cup of tea.

Replace fear with love. Why you hate love man?

You mean the love of loosing all you have if you "misbehave"? Funny.

Replacing fear with love was about as reasonable as replacing MarCom with Stasi. They were only carrying on playing a game of your choosing.

Suggesting that there should be no consequences for violating the NDA doesn’t seem reasonable to me.

Are Apple the only tech company who will take legal action for violating an NDA? I'm not Apple fan either but this stance is ridiculous.