ZDNet: Palm gets personal, Apple & RIM don’t
At ZDNet, Matthew Miller looks into the privacy policies of Palm, Apple and RIM (which produces BlackBerrys).
I found and reviewed the privacy information for RIM and Apple too and found that Palm’s WebOS privacy document is overly personal compared to these other two companies. Windows Mobile is too difficult to find this type of information for since Microsoft makes the OS, but several different companies make the devices and terms and conditions vary by carrier and manufacturer while RIM, Apple, and Palm all develop and make their own line of products. [...]
However, if you look at paragraph 2 of their privacy notice you will see [Palm] can actually share your personal information with Palm affiliates and subsidiaries to support sales and marketing. [...]
Apple: In comparison to Palm’s terms you can check out Apple iPhone terms where it is pretty clear Apple is gathering data too, but specifically states, “Apple may use this information, as long as it is in a form that does not personally identify you, to improve our products or to provide services or technologies to you.” Also, in regards to location data Apple clearly states, “The location data is collected in a form that does not personally identify you.”
RIM: Similar to the way Apple collects and uses your information, RIM’s privacy terms state that the personal information they collect and use does not include, “the name, title or business address or telephone number of an employee of an organization.”
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