Chinese company will operate local Apple iCloud accounts, starting February

Apple has confirmed that both companies will have access to the data stored on the cloud servers. GCBD is owned by the Guizhou provincial government in southern China, where Apple last year invested $1bn in a data centre to meet local regulations, which require foreign companies to their data related to Chinese operations in the country itself.

Apple has begun sending out the following message to iCloud users (pictured left) in mainland China.
"With effect from 28 February 2018, iCloud services associated with your Apple ID will be operated by GCBD. Use of the services and all the data you store with iCloud—including photos, videos, documents and backups—will be subject to the Terms and Conditions of iCloud operated by GCBD. Your iCloud service will not be affected by this change."
The U.S. tech giant reassures its customers that user data privacy is of the utmost importance for the two companies, and that "no backdoors will be created into any of our systems". However, many people online are sharing concerns over possible monitoring of user data and interactions by the Chinese government.
source: BBC
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