Apple to offer the Chinese government all data on iCloud for Chinese users to sell iPhone

Building a data center to manage iCloud data in China Apple delivers data management work to a local subsidiary managed by the Chinese authorities by February 28, 2018. This means that the company managed by the Chinese government can freely access iCloud's user data. Taiwan has Apple's attitude to give user data as a result of the Chinese government wanting to sell iPhone in ChinaNational Chung-Ang UniversityProfessor of Japan is criticizing severely.

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To comply with the cyber security law enacted by the Chinese government in June 2017, Apple built a data center in China. According to the Cyber ​​Security Law of China, we responded to the fact that the data center that manages the mainland data must be located in China. Specifically, data management of iCloud service will be handed over to Guizhou-Cloud Big Data Industry (GCBD) of Guizhou Province, China at the latest by March 1, 2018 at the latest. However, professor Hiroshi Rasayo at Chungkang University strongly criticizes Apple's acts as a betrayal act to present Chinese user data to the Chinese government.

GCBD is a state-owned enterprise under the direct control of the data development management office of Guizhou Province, and it is under the control of government authorities. According to Luo, Apple's partnership with GCBD is limited to providing technical support to maintain security and investing $ 1 billion (about 110 billion yen) of data center. Apple has issued an official statement on the handover of iCloud data management, "We will be able to improve the speed and reliability of iCloud services in China and comply with Chinese regulations," but " Professor Ra criticizes that he does not explain the real problem that the company will be able to access all the data on iCloud in China and continues to avoid describing the background political issues It is.

Professor Lu has questioned "Why does Apple easily built up a solid security reputation by the iPhone to easily bow to the Chinese government?" And in February 2016, despite being asked by American judiciary to release security lock on the grounds of criminal investigation, due to user's privacyCase decided firmlyIn addition to that, in the US I refuse to hand over the data, and in China I condemn Apple's double standard of offering data. In the face of unfair demands from the Chinese authorities, according to Luo, Apple says that the impression that it will do anything that can be done to make the Chinese authorities do anything to do is to encourage Chinese, not to resist.


At the end of 2017, Apple removed 674 VPN applications from the Chinese App Store. These VPN applications are based on Chinese censorship system "Kimishi (Great Firewall) "Which was frequently used by users in mainland China to bypass. Professor Luo pointed out that the act of deleting the VPN application created a "betrayal" feeling among Chinese users.

Luo said some acquaintances in Mainland China abandoned the iPhone and switched to a Chinese Android smartphone. Professor Lu thinks that this "change of Moron" is not only because the price of the iPhone is high, but also against Apple's policy. Since Android has a VPN application that can be used in China, Apple's response to the Chinese users seems to be in a submissive attitude towards the Chinese government. Besides, Professor Luo is criticizing for Apple 's attitude to respond to the delivery of iCloud's data, saying, "Apple putting 50 cents in China" is giving out $ 1, "he said.

Once, Jack Maher, head of Alibaba,If you want to do business in China you should follow the Chinese policy, if you are dissatisfied you can leave"I mentioned. However, if you comply with Chinese laws and regulations, you will only need to construct a data center dedicated to data operated in China, and there is no need to leave the state-owned enterprises controlled by the Chinese government up to administrative work So Professor Luo points out. According to the intention of the Chinese government so far, Apple's aim is to "sell iPhone in China, the world's largest smartphone market".


Apart from Professor Luo as well as Apple who is the world's largest company with faithful fans rather than resisting the policy of the Chinese government, actively cooperating as if selling the user's personal information, Many people are disappointed that they are disappointed. Professor Ra says that Apple, which actively supports the Communist Party of China actively utilizing big data to monitor and control citizens, is a "bad role model" in technology.