Ondrej Holzman The Chinese market represents a huge potential and source of finance for Apple and its products. However, relations between Apple and China are now strained, as the Californian company has been labeled a threat to national security in the Chinese media. However, Apple didn't let anyone like it and objected to all such claims.
Much has been said and written about user tracking and data collection by large corporations (or even government entities) in recent months and years, and Apple has not been spared, and now it has to face more criticism. China's state-backed media, specifically China Central Television, called the iPhone a "national security threat" and even suggested that the Apple phone could reveal state secrets if used by Chinese politicians.
Chinese officials resented the fact that iOS monitors what places users often visit and can then be found in Settings > Privacy > Location Services > System Services > Frequented Places. Apple uses this data to provide information related to given locations and, for example, in the Notification Center, thanks to it, it automatically offers you navigation to your job or place of residence. Although this function is automatically turned on, there is no problem to turn it off if you do not like such monitoring of your own movement.
[do action=”citation”]Apple is deeply committed to protecting the privacy of all its users.[/do]
Apple did not wait too long for an answer and objected to the Chinese claims. In the Chinese mutation of your website issued a statement in both Chinese and English. "Apple is deeply committed to protecting the privacy of all its users," the message begins. In it, Apple further states that it definitely does not track the movement of users, and that frequent locations are stored on iOS devices only so that such data is immediately available when needed, and it is not necessary to download it at that moment, which would take much more time. In addition, location data is based on transmitters and Wi-Fi spots, not directly on the user's position.
To avoid any further potential complaints and objections, Apple has assured that in no case does it have access to data from frequented locations or other stored location information. Other iOS apps are also not allowed to access this data. Only the users themselves can check them and, if necessary, either delete them or disable the function completely. At the same time, Apple reiterated that it does not cooperate with any government agencies on backdoors through which user information can be accessed, and at the same time that it never intends to do so in the future.
On the contrary, Apple managed to dig into the competition, specifically Google, in its statement: "Unlike many companies, our business is not based on collecting huge amounts of personal data about our customers."
I would say that the comrades are mainly bothered by the fact that they do not have access to the data.
I think you hit the nail right on the head.