Apple respects your privacy because Tim Cook says so, and so does their webpage. Without any audit of the code, you're taking it on faith. And their privacy statement seemingly has a "nowness" to it, non-committal. There is no assurance of privacy in the future. For example, Apple could have said ...
"We are committed to never sharing your data with 3rd parties or governments for the entirety of our existence as a company. This contract can not be changed, and in doing so we are guilty of blah blah" (not a lawyer)
Questions I have are...
Is there privacy statement a legally binding contract? Is there any legal recourse for customers if they are have found to violate it?
Is it only applicable to particular countries? Does it change when you go to different countries?
Could Apple decide that the data they harvest is more valuable then their privacy claim and retract their so-called privacy commitment? Could retroactive data then be exploited?
"We are committed to never sharing your data with 3rd parties or governments for the entirety of our existence as a company. This contract can not be changed, and in doing so we are guilty of blah blah" (not a lawyer)
Questions I have are...
Is there privacy statement a legally binding contract? Is there any legal recourse for customers if they are have found to violate it?
Is it only applicable to particular countries? Does it change when you go to different countries?
Could Apple decide that the data they harvest is more valuable then their privacy claim and retract their so-called privacy commitment? Could retroactive data then be exploited?