<story><title>Apple’s approach to privacy</title><url>http://www.apple.com/privacy/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Tangokat</author><text>Apple is in a good position in the market to do this, but it is just really hard to trust any US company. 
They say they will never give anyone access to their servers but how can they make that promise when they don&amp;#x27;t make the laws?&lt;p&gt;As an aside I am finding it really difficult to delete my iCloud account, in fact it seems that is impossible.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>superuser2</author><text>Locating data outside the US is in no way a defense against US intelligence agencies. There are &lt;i&gt;theoretically&lt;/i&gt; controls on domestic spying, and some possibility that Congress could make it illegal. They have a &lt;i&gt;mandate&lt;/i&gt; to spy on foreign networks.&lt;p&gt;If they haven&amp;#x27;t cracked your European email provider, then they&amp;#x27;re not doing what we pay and order them to do.</text></comment>
<story><title>Apple’s approach to privacy</title><url>http://www.apple.com/privacy/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Tangokat</author><text>Apple is in a good position in the market to do this, but it is just really hard to trust any US company. 
They say they will never give anyone access to their servers but how can they make that promise when they don&amp;#x27;t make the laws?&lt;p&gt;As an aside I am finding it really difficult to delete my iCloud account, in fact it seems that is impossible.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>karmelapple</author><text>Genuine curiosity: which country would a company need to be in to be able to trust them?</text></comment>