Data belonging to Apple iCloud customers in China, such as emails and text messages, are now being handled by a division of state-owned China Telecom. The company’s cloud-storage division, Tianyi, agreed a deal with Guizhou-Cloud Big Data, which Apple originally partnered with for the transition of data from its US-based servers to local servers in China. In an interview on Thursday, Apple’s chief executive, Tim Cook, said that he was “very concerned” about China’s The move has raised concerns among observers who are cautious about the Chinese government having greater access to people’s sensitive data.
Data belonging to Apple iCloud customers in China, such as emails and text messages, are now being handled by a division of state-owned China Telecom. The company’s cloud-storage division, Tianyi, agreed a deal with Guizhou-Cloud Big Data, which Apple originally partnered with for the transition of data from its US-based servers to local servers in China. Apple has said it had to migrate the data to China in order to comply with Chinese authorities. The move has raised concerns among observers who are cautious about the Chinese government having greater access to people’s sensitive data.