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Apple’s privacy policy violates German data protection law, Berlin court rules

Posted on May 8, 2013July 1, 2025 by Dissent

Loek Essers reports:

Apple violates German data protection law by asking for users’ broad, overall consent in its privacy policy, the Regional Court of Berlin ruled.

Apple’s terms for sharing personal information with the company are too broadly formulated, the court ruled on April 30, according to a verdictpublished by the Federation of German Consumer Organisations (VZBV)A on Tuesday.

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