Canon Camera Connect: Difference between revisions

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== 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~~

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

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:

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);

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== 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.

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