Sometimes Apple fails in its obligations. It is then that thejusticeintervenes, as when the firm stored the personal data of its iCloud users on third-party servers. A practice which can prove particularly sensitive, especially when we know that countries like Russia, China or even Qatarshamelessly spy on files that are saved within their borders.
Neither one nor two, the court in charge of the case then decided to sentence Apple to a heavy fine. For the firm with three thousand billion dollars of capitalization, it will be necessary to pay$14.8 million. And since it was a group action that obtained this decision, customers will be able to benefit from it. Some have already received a transfer, as reported by our colleagues fromApple Insider.
Less than a euro!
The regulations applying to all those who have subscribed to a subscriptionbetween September 16, 2015 and January 31, 2016, there are a large number of eligible customers. So much so that the first to receive their payment only bring home a very small sum of 49 cents added to the account associated with their Apple profile. It's less thanthe price of a basic plan with 50 GB of online storage…
What's more, the Internet users concerned areonly those who reside in the United States, no surprise. It is not uncommon to see the judge's decision limit itself to such a territory, the case having here been decided in California.
Protect your iCloud account properly
If you're worried about the fate of your data stored on iCloud, don't panic: there are simple solutions to keep it safe. First of all, know that the platform isend-to-end encryptedas its publisher likes to remind us. With this, it is easy to recover all of your documents in just a few clicksthanks to this tutorial.
Finally, we invite you to always set up thetwo-factor authenticationas soon as an app offers it to you. Here isthe procedure to follow to do it with the Apple ID, which controls iCloud, Apple Pay transactions and Apple Store purchases.
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