title: Apple Submission Rules and Regulations (SIM CARD DATA ACCESS)
body: <p>I have done a lot of researches regarding accessing device SIM card data such as SIM serial number and user phone number, and below are my findings :</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>By using private API for iOS SDK we can extract the needed information from SIM card (If already stored on the SIM card).</li>
  <li>The issue related to the rules and regulation for submission apps. On Apple store, since Apple rejects any application accessing SIM card because hey supposed that such behaviors break the user privacy and  security.</li>
  <li>This functionality used for application not attended for APPStore submission.</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>References : </p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7700833/how-could-i-read-information-from-sim-card-in-iphone">How could I read information from SIM card in iPhone?</a></p></li>
  <li><p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4544803/programatically-get-own-phone-number-in-iphone-os-4-0">Programatically get own Phone Number in iPhone OS 4.0</a></p></li>
  <li><p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6041605/how-can-i-get-the-phone-number-of-my-iphone-device">How can I get the phone number of my iPhone device?</a></p></li>
  <li><p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12705603/read-write-certificates-on-a-sim-card-ios">Read/write certificates on a SIM card - iOS</a></p></li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>all the posts and tutorials that i found said that i can't extract data from the device SIM card without facing apple rejection !!!</p>
  
  <p>My question is ,, is there any way to access SIM card information and publish my application successfully on the Appstore ? and i appreciated any reference to the part in apple submission rules and regulations document that says "NO SIM CARD DATA ACCESS" !!</p>