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Apple Media Services

2025-07-20T09:27:47Z

Yakov: Apple Media Services description and data items

'''Apple Media Services''' (AMS) is the umbrella term [[Apple]] uses to refer to many of its online services, including the [[Apple App Store|App Store]], iTunes Store, Apple Music, [[Apple TV+]], and more.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions |url=https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250716151038/https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/ |archive-date=2025-07-16 |access-date=2025-07-20 |website=Apple}}</ref>

==Privacy Implications==
Most Apple Media Services require an Apple Account (formerly known as Apple ID). They collect and store vast amounts of granular data, including identifiers and detailed records of user activity. This almost certainly makes it personal data, as defined by privacy frameworks such as GDPR.<ref>{{Cite web |title=What is considered personal data under the EU GDPR? |url=https://gdpr.eu/eu-gdpr-personal-data/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250709050957/https://gdpr.eu/eu-gdpr-personal-data/ |archive-date=2025-07-09 |access-date=2025-07-20 |website=GDPR.eu}}</ref>

The data associated with a particular Apple Account can be requested at and downloaded from Apple’s [https://privacy.apple.com/ Data & Privacy portal]. As of July 2025, the “Apple Media Services Information” archive includes the following items:
{| class="wikitable"
!Related Service
!File Name(s)
!Contents
!Retention Period
|-
|Apple ID / iTunes
|
*Customer Device History - Computer Authorizations.csv
*Customer Device History - iTunes in the Cloud Authorization.csv
|Information related to computers (including Windows PCs) signed into Apple Media Services:

*Hardware identifiers
*User identifiers (e.g. device names)
*Date of association with the Apple ID
*Whether the device is still active
|Indefinite
|-
|App Store
|
*App Store Click Activity.csv
|
*Viewed product pages
*App downloads, redownloads, and updates
*Search terms
*Timestamps for all actions
|At least 2 years
|-
|Apple Music
|
*Apple Music - Play History Daily Tracks.csv
*Apple Music - Play Statistics.csv
*Apple Music - Recent Impressions.csv
*Apple Music - Recently Played Tracks.csv
*Apple Music - Track Play History.csv
*Apple Music Play Activity.csv
|
*Names and other identifiers of tracks played
*Playback date and time
*Playback duration
*Reason for the end of playback (e.g. NATURAL_END_OF_TRACK)
*Playback location
|Indefinite
|-
|Apple Music
|
*Apple Music Click Activity.csv
|
*Viewed pages
*Downloads
*UI actions: tapped buttons, keyboard opens and dismisses
*Search terms
*Timestamps for all actions
|At least 2 years
|-
|Apple TV / Apple TV+
|
*TV App with Channel Support Click Activity.csv
*Video Play Activity.csv
|
*Item names and identifiers
*Playback date and time
*Playback duration
*Reason for the end of playback (e.g. VOD_PLAYBACK_TIMEDOUT_AFTER_STOP)
|Indefinite
|-
| colspan="4" style="text-align: center;" |'''This list is not exhaustive.'''
|}

==References==
<references />

Canon Camera Connect

2025-04-11T11:32:20Z

Yakov: References section

'''[[Canon]] Camera Connect''' is a mobile app which communicates with Bluetooth- and Wi-Fi-equipped Canon cameras (as old as 2017) to enable remote shooting, geotagging, and media transfer to smartphones.

==Online account requirement==
[[File:Canon Camera Connect Canon ID Requirement.jpg|thumb|433x433px|The warning displayed to users, as of January 2025.]]

In early 2025, the Camera Connect app began to warn users that it would require an online account (Canon ID) in the first half of 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Digital camera software will require login with Canon ID |url=https://app.ssw.imaging-saas.canon/app/en/canon-id.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250109184023/https://app.ssw.imaging-saas.canon/app/en/canon-id.html |archive-date=2025-01-09 |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=Canon}}</ref> The alert reads:

<blockquote><strong>An important update</strong>

New features are coming to Camera Connect in the first half of 2025, such as quick and easy product registration, tailored notifications about news, offers, firmware updates and more. To be able to use the new version of the app you will need a Canon ID, if you don't have one, create one and be ready for these updates.</blockquote>

Camera Connect v3.4, released in April 2025, requires a Canon ID sign-in.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Camera Connect now requires Canon ID login |url=https://app.ssw.imaging-saas.canon/app/en/canon-id.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250411111538/https://app.ssw.imaging-saas.canon/app/en/canon-id.html |archive-date=2025-04-11 |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=Canon}}</ref>

The use of Canon ID is governed by the Terms of Use<ref>{{Cite web |title=Terms of use |url=https://myid.canon/canonid/#/terms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250406010712/https://myid.canon/canonid/#/terms |archive-date=2025-04-06 |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=Canon ID}}</ref> and Privacy Policy<ref>{{Cite web |title=Privacy policy |url=https://myid.canon/canonid/#/policy |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250406010712/https://myid.canon/canonid/#/policy |archive-date=2025-04-06 |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=Canon ID}}</ref> which authorize Canon and third parties to collect and process a wide range of information about users, including:

*'''Personally identifiable information''', including “your name, email address, telephone number, date of birth or home address” (clause 2.1.1) and “personal and family relationship information that you may provide on a voluntary basis, such as Email address to which your photos are shared on our Photo Sharing Services” (clause 2.1.2);
*'''Device and activity information''', including “details of your actions (repeated site visits, interactions, keywords, online content production, etc.) when you access and use our Services so that we can build a customer 'picture' over time” and “information about the devices and methods you use to interact with Canon Services and content” (clause 2.2.1);
*'''Product usage''', including “information about your Canon products (such as product model, serial number and purchase date), of how you set up and use your Canon products […] and our Services, as well as details on your Customer Service, Warranty and Repairs interactions with Canon” (clause 2.2.2);
*'''User files''', including “images that you upload to Canon Services or you download from a linked third-party storage service to our Services, and their relevant descriptions and metadata, some of which may include personal information” (clause 2.3.1);
*'''Location information''' (clause 2.6);
*'''Purchase history''' (clause 2.7).

Canon reserves the right to share the user’s personal information with third parties for various purposes (clause 4), including:

*Service providers which carry out marketing campaigns or run customer surveys;
*Payment processing companies, credit reference agencies and anti-fraud screening service providers;
*Potential buyers in the event Canon sells any business assets;
*Police and regulatory authorities.

==Full access to photo library (iOS)==
[[File:Canon Camera Connect Full Access to Photo Library.jpg|thumb|433x433px|The error message requesting full access to the photo library.]]

As of January 2025, Camera Connect for iOS requires Full Access to the photo library in order to transfer images from the camera. While Limited Access or Add Photos Only modes are sufficient for iOS apps to save photos to the library, attempting to use one of these modes results in an error message and inability to transfer the photos.

== References ==
[[Category:Canon Camera Connect]]
<references />

Canon Camera Connect

2025-04-11T11:31:20Z

Yakov: punctuation

Canon Camera Connect

2025-04-11T11:29:26Z

Yakov: updated status (Canon ID is now required); added and updated links

'''[[Canon]] Camera Connect''' is a mobile app which communicates with Bluetooth and Wi-Fi equipped Canon cameras (as old as 2017) to enable remote shooting, geotagging, and photo transfer to smartphones.

==Online account requirement==
[[File:Canon Camera Connect Canon ID Requirement.jpg|thumb|433x433px|The warning displayed to users, as of January 2025.]]

In early 2025, the Camera Connect app began to warn users that it would require an online account (Canon ID) in the first half of 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Digital camera software will require login with Canon ID |url=https://app.ssw.imaging-saas.canon/app/en/canon-id.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250109184023/https://app.ssw.imaging-saas.canon/app/en/canon-id.html |archive-date=2025-01-09 |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=Canon}}</ref> The alert reads:

<blockquote><strong>An important update</strong>

New features are coming to Camera Connect in the first half of 2025, such as quick and easy product registration, tailored notifications about news, offers, firmware updates and more. To be able to use the new version of the app you will need a Canon ID, if you don't have one, create one and be ready for these updates.</blockquote>

Camera Connect v3.4, released in April 2025, requires a Canon ID sign-in.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Camera Connect now requires Canon ID login |url=https://app.ssw.imaging-saas.canon/app/en/canon-id.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250411111538/https://app.ssw.imaging-saas.canon/app/en/canon-id.html |archive-date=2025-04-11 |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=Canon}}</ref>

The use of Canon ID is governed by the Terms of Use<ref>{{Cite web |title=Terms of use |url=https://myid.canon/canonid/#/terms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250406010712/https://myid.canon/canonid/#/terms |archive-date=2025-04-06 |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=Canon ID}}</ref> and Privacy Policy<ref>{{Cite web |title=Privacy policy |url=https://myid.canon/canonid/#/policy |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250406010712/https://myid.canon/canonid/#/policy |archive-date=2025-04-06 |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=Canon ID}}</ref> which authorize Canon and third parties to collect and process a wide range of information about users, including:

*'''Personally identifiable information''', including “your name, email address, telephone number, date of birth or home address” (clause 2.1.1) and “personal and family relationship information that you may provide on a voluntary basis, such as Email address to which your photos are shared on our Photo Sharing Services” (clause 2.1.2);
*'''Device and activity information''', including “details of your actions (repeated site visits, interactions, keywords, online content production, etc.) when you access and use our Services so that we can build a customer 'picture' over time” and “information about the devices and methods you use to interact with Canon Services and content” (clause 2.2.1);
*'''Product usage''', including “information about your Canon products (such as product model, serial number and purchase date), of how you set up and use your Canon products […] and our Services, as well as details on your Customer Service, Warranty and Repairs interactions with Canon” (clause 2.2.2);
*'''User files''', including “images that you upload to Canon Services or you download from a linked third-party storage service to our Services, and their relevant descriptions and metadata, some of which may include personal information” (clause 2.3.1);
*'''Location information''' (clause 2.6);
*'''Purchase history''' (clause 2.7).

Canon reserves the right to share the user’s personal information with third parties for various purposes (clause 4), including:

*Service providers which carry out marketing campaigns or run customer surveys;
*Payment processing companies, credit reference agencies and anti-fraud screening service providers;
*Potential buyers in the event Canon sells any business assets;
*Police and regulatory authorities.

==Full access to photo library (iOS)==
[[File:Canon Camera Connect Full Access to Photo Library.jpg|thumb|433x433px|The error message requesting full access to the photo library.]]

As of January 2025, Camera Connect for iOS requires Full Access to the photo library in order to transfer images from the camera. While Limited Access or Add Photos Only modes are sufficient for iOS apps to save photos to the library, attempting to use one of these modes results in an error message and inability to transfer the photos.
[[Category:Canon Camera Connect]]

Canon

2025-01-21T17:40:29Z

Yakov: Camera Connect updates

{{InfoboxCompany
| Name = Canon Inc.
| Type = Public
| Founded = 1937
| Industry = Electronics
| Official Website = https://global.canon/
| Logo = Canon wordmark.svg.png
}}'''Canon''' is a Japanese multinational corporation specializing in optical, imaging, and industrial products, such as lenses, cameras, medical equipment, scanners, printers, and semiconductor manufacturing equipment.<ref>[[wikipedia:Canon_Inc.|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_Inc.]]</ref>
{{Clear}}
== Controversies ==

{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Controversy
!Year
!Background Info
!Aftermath
!Related Article
!Related Video(s)
|-
|Webcam Utility subscription
|2025
|Canon requires users of their cameras to pay subscription for a software that allows to use it as webcam to its full capabilities
|Unknown
|[[Requirement for Canon EOS Webcam Utility subscription to enable webcam features on cameras]]
|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYLMZuKWLfE
|-
|Camera Connect updates
|2025
|
* The updated app announces the upcoming requirement to create an online account which lets Canon access a wide range of user information
* The same app now requires full access to the user’s photo library in order to transfer photos from the camera
|Unknown
|[[Canon Camera Connect]]
|
|-
|}

== General References: ==
<references />

[[Category:Companies]]
[[Category:Canon]]

Canon Camera Connect

2025-01-19T15:32:26Z

Yakov: Illustrations; Formatting edits

Canon Camera Connect is a mobile app which communicates with Bluetooth- and Wi-Fi-equipped Canon cameras (as old as 2017) to enable remote shooting, geotagging, and photo transfer to the smartphone.

== Online Account Requirement ==
[[File:Canon Camera Connect Canon ID Requirement.jpg|thumb|433x433px|The warning displayed to users, as of January 2025.]]

In early 2025, the Camera Connect app began to warn users that it would require an online account (Canon ID) in the first half of 2025. The alert reads:

<blockquote>An important update

New features are coming to Camera Connect in the first half of 2025, such as quick and easy product registration, tailored notifications about news, offers, firmware updates and more. To be able to use the new version of the app you will need a Canon ID, if you don't have one, create one and be ready for these updates.</blockquote>

The warning message also contains a link to the [https://app.ssw.imaging-saas.canon/app/en/canon-id.html Canon ID] page. The [https://myid.canon/canonid/#/policy privacy policy] for Canon ID authorizes Canon and third parties to collect and use, among others:

* '''Personally identifiable information''', including “your name, email address, telephone number, date of birth or home address” (clause 2.1.1) and “personal and family relationship information that you may provide on a voluntary basis, such as Email address to which your photos are shared on our Photo Sharing Services” (clause 2.1.2);
* '''Device and activity information''', including “details of your actions (repeated site visits, interactions, keywords, online content production, etc.) when you access and use our Services so that we can build a customer 'picture' over time” and “information about the devices and methods you use to interact with Canon Services and content” (clause 2.2.1);
* '''Product usage''', including “information about your Canon products (such as product model, serial number and purchase date), of how you set up and use your Canon products […] and our Services, as well as details on your Customer Service, Warranty and Repairs interactions with Canon” (clause 2.2.2);
* '''User files''', including “images that you upload to Canon Services or you download from a linked third-party storage service to our Services, and their relevant descriptions and metadata, some of which may include personal information” (clause 2.3.1);
* '''Location information''' (clause 2.6);
* '''Purchase history''' (clause 2.7).

Canon reserves the right to share the user’s personal information with third parties for various purposes (clause 4), including:

* Service providers which carry out marketing campaigns or run customer surveys;
* Payment processing companies, credit reference agencies and anti-fraud screening service providers;
* Potential buyers in the event Canon sells any business assets;
* Police and regulatory authorities.

== Full Access to Photo Library (iOS) ==
[[File:Canon Camera Connect Full Access to Photo Library.jpg|thumb|433x433px|The error message requesting full access to the photo library.]]

As of January 2025, Camera Connect for iOS requires Full Access to the photo library in order to transfer images from the camera. While Limited Access or Add Photos Only modes are sufficient for iOS apps to save photos to the library, attempting to use one of these modes results in an error message and inability to transfer the picture.

File:Canon Camera Connect full access to photo library.jpg

2025-01-19T15:26:17Z

Yakov:

A screenshot of the Canon Camera Connect app informing the user that full access to the photo library is required in order to transfer images from the camera.

File:Canon Camera Connect Canon ID requirement.jpg

2025-01-19T15:24:03Z

Yakov:

A screenshot of the Canon Camera Connect app warning users of the upcoming requirement for an online account (Canon ID).

Canon Camera Connect

2025-01-19T15:20:58Z

Yakov: Full Access to Photo Library

Canon Camera Connect is a mobile app which communicates with Bluetooth- and Wi-Fi-equipped Canon cameras (as old as 2017) to enable remote shooting, geotagging, and photo transfer to the smartphone.

== Online Account Requirement ==
In early 2025, the Camera Connect app began to warn users that it would require an online account (Canon ID) in the first half of 2025. The alert reads:<blockquote>An important update

New features are coming to Camera Connect in the first half of 2025, such as quick and easy product registration, tailored notifications about news, offers, firmware updates and more. To be able to use the new version of the app you will need a Canon ID, if you don't have one, create one and be ready for these updates.</blockquote>The warning message also contains a link to the [https://app.ssw.imaging-saas.canon/app/en/canon-id.html Canon ID] page. The [https://myid.canon/canonid/#/policy privacy policy] for Canon ID authorizes Canon and third parties to collect and use, among others:

* '''Personally identifiable information''', including “your name, email address, telephone number, date of birth or home address” (clause 2.1.1) and “personal and family relationship information that you may provide on a voluntary basis, such as Email address to which your photos are shared on our Photo Sharing Services” (clause 2.1.2);
* '''Device and activity information''', including “details of your actions (repeated site visits, interactions, keywords, online content production, etc.) when you access and use our Services so that we can build a customer 'picture' over time” and “information about the devices and methods you use to interact with Canon Services and content” (clause 2.2.1);
* '''Product usage''', including “information about your Canon products (such as product model, serial number and purchase date), of how you set up and use your Canon products […] and our Services, as well as details on your Customer Service, Warranty and Repairs interactions with Canon” (clause 2.2.2);
* '''User files''', including “images that you upload to Canon Services or you download from a linked third-party storage service to our Services, and their relevant descriptions and metadata, some of which may include personal information” (clause 2.3.1);
* '''Location information''' (clause 2.6);
* '''Purchase history''' (clause 2.7).

Canon reserves the right to share the user’s personal information with third parties for various purposes (clause 4), including:

* Service providers which carry out marketing campaigns or run customer surveys;
* Payment processing companies, credit reference agencies and anti-fraud screening service providers;
* Potential buyers in the event Canon sells any business assets;
* Police and regulatory authorities.

== Full Access to Photo Library (iOS) ==
As of January 2025, Camera Connect for iOS requires Full Access to the photo library in order to transfer images from the camera. While Limited Access or Add Photos Only modes are sufficient for iOS apps to save photos to the library, attempting to use one of these modes results in an error message and inability to transfer the picture.

Canon Camera Connect

2025-01-19T15:15:55Z

Yakov: App Overview; Online Account Requirement

Canon Camera Connect is a mobile app which communicates with Bluetooth- and Wi-Fi-equipped Canon cameras (as old as 2017) to enable remote shooting, geotagging, and photo transfer to the smartphone.

== Online Account Requirement ==
In early 2025, the Camera Connect app began to warn users that it would require an online account (Canon ID) in the first half of 2025. The alert reads:<blockquote>An important update

New features are coming to Camera Connect in the first half of 2025, such as quick and easy product registration, tailored notifications about news, offers, firmware updates and more. To be able to use the new version of the app you will need a Canon ID, if you don't have one, create one and be ready for these updates.</blockquote>The warning message also contains a link to the [https://app.ssw.imaging-saas.canon/app/en/canon-id.html Canon ID] page. The [https://myid.canon/canonid/#/policy privacy policy] for Canon ID authorizes Canon and third parties to collect and use, among others:

* '''Personally identifiable information''', including “your name, email address, telephone number, date of birth or home address” (clause 2.1.1) and “personal and family relationship information that you may provide on a voluntary basis, such as Email address to which your photos are shared on our Photo Sharing Services” (clause 2.1.2);
* '''Device and activity information''', including “details of your actions (repeated site visits, interactions, keywords, online content production, etc.) when you access and use our Services so that we can build a customer 'picture' over time” and “information about the devices and methods you use to interact with Canon Services and content” (clause 2.2.1);
* '''Product usage''', including “information about your Canon products (such as product model, serial number and purchase date), of how you set up and use your Canon products […] and our Services, as well as details on your Customer Service, Warranty and Repairs interactions with Canon” (clause 2.2.2);
* '''User files''', including “images that you upload to Canon Services or you download from a linked third-party storage service to our Services, and their relevant descriptions and metadata, some of which may include personal information” (clause 2.3.1);
* '''Location information''' (clause 2.6);
* '''Purchase history''' (clause 2.7).

Canon reserves the right to share the user’s personal information with third parties for various purposes (clause 4), including:

* Service providers which carry out marketing campaigns or run customer surveys;
* Payment processing companies, credit reference agencies and anti-fraud screening service providers;
* Potential buyers in the event Canon sells any business assets;
* Police and regulatory authorities.