Apple: Rotten to the Core
Virtual Assistants Such As Amazon’s Echo Break US Child Privacy Law, Experts Say
by Mark Harris, The Guardian
An investigation by the Guardian has found that despite Amazon marketing the Echo to families with young children, the device is likely to contravene the US Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, set up to regulate the collection and use of personal information from anyone younger than 13. Read More ›
Bill would restore online privacy
by Richard Holober, Los Angeles Daily News guest commentary
CFC Executive Director Richard Holober: “Next week California lawmakers decide whether to protect your privacy when you purchase downloads. Senate Bill 383 would restore privacy rules that a sharply divided state Supreme Court eliminated in a 2013 case involving Apple’s iTunes. Consumer groups support the bill. Tech companies are working furiously to defeat it.” Read More ›
When will the golden Apple fall?
Apple’s September 10 introduction of two new iPhone models may impress many of its fans by offering products based on existing ideas or improvements on current versions, but product launches and slick marketing campaigns aren’t enough to keep the public from seeing through its façade. Read More ›
Apple: A rotten core under a polished brand image
Until this poster child of anti-privacy and anti-social responsibility implements real change, we are supporting its deplorable behaviors and its burgeoning bottom line every time we purchase and use an Apple product. It’s time to hold Apple accountable and stop supporting it with our hard-earned dollars. Read More ›
Why are we supporting Apple’s sweatshops?
While many of us eagerly await Apple’s next generation iPhone or MacBook, Apple conveniently hides these reprehensible working conditions on the other side of the planet. The tech giant’s glaring and shocking lack of social responsibility plays an oppressive role in the lives of those workers who hustle to make their products. Read More ›
How does Apple avoid paying taxes?
Apple Inc. has been accused of not paying U.S. taxes on over $44 billion in income over the past three years. During that period, the $415 billion company used a sophisticated tax avoidance scheme that revolved around three offshore subsidiaries to hide income from the U.S. government – and ended up paying less than 2% to Uncle Sam. Read More ›
Apple and the NSA: Violating American citizens’ privacy
From what has come to light about the NSA’s PRISM program and Apple’s involvement in violating privacy and other constitutional rights of American citizens, it is quite clear that the company is not like its commercial image about rebellion against conformity and “Big Brother.” Read More ›
Apple’s disregard for consumer privacy – a consistent policy
Opposing privacy protections is not new for Apple, as they have continued to breach data protection and consumer rights over the years. As a result, their cult-like following has begun to erode. Read More ›
Poverty-level wages for Apple store workers
Apple was recently named one of the largest wage-stiffing corporations in the world when it comes to rewarding profitability, paying the majority of their employees poverty-level wages. Read More ›
Apple ‘least green’ tech company
Apple came in at the bottom of the most comprehensive “green” group of technology companies in 2011 because of its heavy reliance on “dirty data” centers in its supply chain. Read More ›
Apple: Using secret police as company patent enforcers
Plain-clothed officers accompanied Apple security to Calderón’s home in the San Francisco area. The officers stood outside while Apple employees were permitted to scour his residence, car, and computer files for evidence of the lost iPhone – but found none. Read More ›
Apple: Enemy of consumer privacy
CFC sponsored a bill to restore privacy protections, permitting online businesses to collect only a customer’s zip code and other limited information necessary to combat fraud or identity theft. Apple is leading the opposition. Read More ›