Re:Google to pay Apple $15B to remain default Safari search ...
by nulbyte on Thursday August 26, 2021 @07:41AM
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None of that describes selling data to third parties. The third parties that might receive data as described in this section are vendors or partners, not customers. Apple isn't making money off the sale of data here.
Re:Google to pay Apple $15B to remain default Safari search ...
by readams on Thursday August 26, 2021 @10:32AM
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Google and Facebook also don't sell data. They keep the data and charge advertisers to take advantage of their ability to target using the data.
Re:Google to pay Apple $15B to remain default Safari search ...
by littlestymaar on Thursday August 26, 2021 @07:47AM
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> Apple isn't making money off the sale of data here.
There's zero mention of that in the aforementioned policy. This policy completely allows them to make money in their deals with their «partners» or even their «service providers» and you wouldn't know it.
For instance, Apple pay is a payment service and I would be really surprised if they didn't get paid by their partner for every transaction made through them. (And yes, a transaction is «personal data»).
And since they are a for profit company, they obviously intend to make money (even if it's not through their partner paying them directly but through indirect revenue sources like customer retention or acquisition) when making partnership, because otherwise they wouldn't make such partnerships!
Oh, of course they do:
> Apple’s Sharing of Personal Data
> Apple may share personal data with service providers who act on our behalf, our partners, or others at your direction. Further, Apple does not share personal data with third parties for their own marketing purposes.
> Partners. 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.
They share it, they just don't share your data “with third parties for their own marketing purposes”, no additional privacy guarantees.
source: https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/en-ww/