Apple News Newsletters & Privacy

On-device artificial intelligence will analyse your reading to group you with thousands of other users with similar interests. Aggregated information about those interests will be sent to Apple to personalise your email newsletters. Apple may use your billing postcode to include local news in your newsletters. Apple doesn’t know which stories you’ve read.
 

Apple News newsletters are designed to protect your information while also giving you the option to receive personalised newsletters.

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  • You can opt in to receive Apple News newsletters with the best stories picked by our editors by providing us with your email address.
  • In some countries, you can also choose to receive a personalised version of Apple News newsletters with stories that match your interests.
  • Your News reading history for personalised newsletters is kept on your device. As the aggregated information that is sent to Apple does not reflect which stories you have read, Apple does not know your reading history.

Apple News newsletters are available in the United States, Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom. In some countries, personalised newsletters are also available.

Apple News Newsletters

You may provide Apple with your email address so we can email you newsletters with the best stories picked by Apple News editors. Apple may use information about your Apple ID account, such as your billing postcode, to include local news in your newsletters. You can opt in or out of receiving emails from Apple News and manage your newsletter preferences in the News app. On an iOS or iPadOS device, scroll to the bottom of your Following list, and below Manage, select Notifications & Email. On a Mac, select File > Manage Notifications & Email. You can also opt in or out from wherever you manage your Apple ID settings. You can manage your Apple ID settings in Settings on an iOS or iPadOS device, in System Settings on a Mac, and at appleid.apple.com.

Apple News Personalised Newsletters

In some countries, you may choose to receive personalised versions of the Apple News newsletters. The personalised newsletters include the best stories picked by Apple News editors, as well as stories picked by the editors that match your interests.

If you choose to receive the personalised newsletters, on-device artificial intelligence will analyse your reading to group you with thousands of other users with similar interests, and information about those interests will be sent to Apple to personalise your newsletters.

Your Apple News reading history is kept on your device. As the aggregated information that is sent to Apple does not reflect which stories you have read, Apple does not know your reading history. If you subscribe to Apple News+, you’ll also receive new issues of the magazines you follow in your email newsletters. The list of Apple News+ channels you follow will be sent to Apple and linked to your Apple ID.

If you do not want to receive the personalised newsletters, you can opt out in the News app. On an iOS or iPadOS device, scroll to the bottom of your Following list, and below Manage, select Notifications & Email. On a Mac, select File > Manage Notifications & Email. You can also opt out from wherever you manage your Apple ID settings. You can manage your Apple ID settings in Settings on an iOS or iPadOS device, in System Settings on a Mac, and at appleid.apple.com.

If you would like to receive the personalised newsletters in countries where they are available, you will need to opt in from the News app. Otherwise, if you opt in from Settings, System Settings or appleid.apple.com, you will receive the non-personalised newsletters.

Applicable Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data

We process your personal data for Apple News Newsletters based on your consent and as necessary for the purposes of our legitimate interests. Where applicable local law provides, we process the following categories of personal data as necessary for purposes of our legitimate interests:

  • Your account information, such as your email address, subscriptions to Apple services and billing postcode
  • The channels you follow

These legitimate interests include sending you personalised Apple News Newsletters.

Retention

We retain personal data in relation to Apple News only for as long as we have a business need, contractual obligation or legal requirement. Some information, such as subscription purchase history but not your stored card details, may be retained as business records even after you close your account or unsubscribe from Apple News+. When assessing retention periods, we first carefully examine whether it is necessary to retain the personal data collected and, if retention is required, work to retain the personal data for the shortest possible period permissible by law.

At all times, information collected by Apple will be treated in accordance with Apple’s Privacy Policy, which can be found at apple.com/uk/privacy

Published Date: April 6, 2023