Apple’s Data and Privacy login screen
On top of everything else Apple announced on Thursday about European Union Digital Markets Act compliance, the company is also expanding what it provides to users that request a copy of their data, and will provide an export tool for it as well.
The announcement of the enhanced tools and data collection categories in iOS 17.4 warranted just a single line in the omnibus announcementearlier on Thursday. However, it appears that what Apple will spell out to users, and those that the user authorizes to receive the data that Apple has, will radically expand.
As it stands for all users now, the data that Apple provides by default includes app usage and activity information, documents and photos in original formate, plus contact and calendar information. Other categories that can be specifically requested include Apple Store and retail activity, support history, Game Center activity, iCloud bookmarks, Maps issue reporting, and other marketing information.
As with most of the specifics in how Apple will implement the changes in iOS 17.4 for compliance, Apple now says that “additional information about the API entitlement request form will be available in March.”
